In a brief statement from Mar-a-Lago, President Trump has confirmed retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser. Foreign Policy'sThomas Ricks says, picking McMaster is not a bad thing. I’ve known him since he was major. He’s smart, energetic, and tough. He even looks like an armored branch version of Harward. (That’s him, working out with a punching bag in Iraq, in the foto. I took it in the citadel in downtown Tell Afar one sunny winter day about 10 years ago.) (Btw, Harward was scheduled to appear on ABC’s “This Week” yesterday morning, but backed out an hour before airtime. ) As I said at ... (full story)