HR McMaster

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HR McMaster (2014)

Herbert Raymond "HR" McMaster (born July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American officer in the US Army ; since July 2014 he was Lieutenant General . He was National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump since March 15, 2017 . On March 22, 2018, Trump announced McMaster's resignation on April 9, 2018.

career

McMaster attended the High School of the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, where he made 1980 its conclusion. In 1984 he graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point , New York . He has a Ph.D. in Military History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . From 1994 to 1996 he was again employed as a professor of history at the United States Military Academy .

As a soldier, he is highly decorated. He was u. a. Awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Silver Star . During his service, he was also stationed with the 2nd US Cavalry Regiment and the 4th US Cavalry Regiment ( 7th US Army ) in Germany . He was also in action in the Second Gulf War , and later in Afghanistan and Iraq . Prior to his appointment as National Security Advisor, he was Director of the United States Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) and Deputy Commanding General of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia . Time 100 listed him in 2014 in the “Pioneers” category and described him as “The architect of the future US Army”.

McMaster during the 54th MSC 2018

On February 20, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him as National Security Advisor. McMaster had to be confirmed by the US Senate because he did not want to quit active military service for his new office. This confirmation was made on March 15, 2017. His predecessor Michael T. Flynn resigned on February 13, 2017.

No close relationship developed between McMaster and Trump. Even before McMaster took office in the White House, Trump mocked his appearance as that of a beer seller. McMaster used to explain the advantages and disadvantages of decisions to the president when explaining the security situation, which irritated Trump, who only preferred one option, which he could agree to or which he could reject. According to other reports, McMaster took interventionist positions that ran counter to Trump's isolationist tendencies: "After a North Korean missile test in 2017, McMaster sought options for an immediate military attack during a call with then-Defense Secretary James Mattis and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson . "

McMaster is said to have angered Trump by commenting at the Munich Security Conference in mid-February 2018 that it was "irrefutably correct" that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election .

On March 22, 2018, US President Donald Trump announced via his Twitter account that HR McMaster would step down on April 9, 2018. He was succeeded by John R. Bolton , who had been US ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush . McMaster said in an interview that he would have preferred to stay on duty until the summer, but the date best reflects what is good for the country and the president. He is also retiring from military service.

Positions

McMaster (2016)

In his dissertation, published under the title Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam , McMaster did not argue that the Vietnam War was lost in Washington, DC in the media or on the battlefield. President Lyndon B. Johnson and especially his incompetent military advisors were responsible for the fact that the Vietnam War ended in disaster for the Americans. The advisors did not provide their president with any really relevant information about the Vietnam War, but told him what he wanted to hear.

McMaster expressed the opinion that President George W. Bush launched the Iraq war had been inadequately planned and witness of "intellectual failure."

President Obama's decision not to use ground troops in the fight against the terrorist organization "Islamic State" was considered by McMaster to be wrong. You have to be able to hold recaptured areas, he said. McMaster warned Obama against downsizing the US Army; this could be too small in the future "to protect our nation".

Fonts

  • Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam. Harper Perennial, New York 1997, ISBN 0-06-018795-6 .

literature

  • Tom Clancy : Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment (Tom Clancy's Military Reference, Volume 2) , 1994, Putnam Adult, ISBN 978-0-399-14054-9 .

Web links

Commons : HR McMaster  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ TIME 100 2014
  2. ↑ Catherine Lucey: Pres. Trump Picks Philadelphia Native Army Lt. Gene. HR McMaster as National Security Adviser . February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. 
  3. ↑ "He could choose to serve as a two-star major general or retire from the military and serve as a civilian."
  4. ^ Stars and Stripes
  5. Jump up ↑ Trump Personnel - General McMaster becomes Security Advisor . Spiegel Online . February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Trump Names Lt Gen HR McMaster as National Security Adviser . BBC News . February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ Matthias Kolb: The intellectual warrior must resign. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. March 23, 2018, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  8. ↑ washingtonexaminer.com
  9. ↑ Annett Meiritz: Trump separates from security advisor McMaster. In: Handelsblatt. March 23, 2018, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  10. ^ John Bolton to replace HR McMaster as national security adviser. In: Politico , March 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ Mark Landler, Maggie Haberman: McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton. In: The New York Times. March 22, 2018, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  12. ^ Trump replaces McMaster with Bolton as national security adviser . thehill.com
  13. ↑ a b c The fearless McMaster . FAZ.net, February 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME McMaster, HR
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McMaster, Herbert Raymond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer and national security advisor
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania