NATIONAL SECURITY: "President Donald Trump is filling the top ranks of his National Security Council with active-duty and retired military officers extensively schooled in the fight against Islamist extremists and intent on containing Iran’s power in the Middle East, according to officials involved in the staffing decisions."
– “Military Brass Fill Donald Trump’s National Security Council,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan 26 ,2017, Jay Solomon, 1/26/2017