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DONALD J. TRUMP ANNOUNCES
SENATOR SESSIONS AS
CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Senator Sessions to Provide
Strategic Counsel to Mr. Trump on
Foreign Policy and Homeland
Security
(New York, NY) March 3rd, 2016 –
Today Donald J. Trump
announced Senator Jeff Sessions,
who has advised the GOP
frontrunner on issues such as
trade and immigration and
endorsed Mr. Trump on Sunday in
Alabama, will serve as Chairman
of Mr. Trump’s National Security
Advisory Committee. Senator
Sessions has been on the Armed
Services Committee for almost 20
years and is Chairman of the
Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
Mr. Trump stated, “It is an honor
to have Jeff as a member of the
team. I have such great respect
for him and I look forward to
working with him on the issues
most important to Americans.”
Senator Sessions added, "I am
grateful for the opportunity to
recommend and facilitate
discussions among exceptional
and experienced American military
and diplomatic leaders to share
insight and advice with Donald
Trump, regardless of their political
views. Mr. Trump and the
American people know our
country needs a clear-eyed
foreign policy rooted in the
national interest. We need to
understand the limits of our ability
to intervene successfully in other
nations. It is time for a healthy
dose of foreign policy realism. In
the Middle East, this means
forming partnerships based on
shared interests, not merely
overthrowing regimes in the
dangerous attempt to plant
democracies. We must also
combat the refugee crisis by
creating regional safe zones,
rather than depopulating the
region by migration. The only path
to long-term stability and
resolution of this humanitarian
crisis for the United States and
our European allies is to work
towards the safe return of
migrants to their home countries,
as Mr. Trump has noted. This
strategy will also protect our own
national security.”
Sessions continued, “A national-
interest foreign policy, combined
with a military second to none,
stands in contrast to
interventionist ideas that could
enmesh us further in the region's
chaos. After over a decade of war
and conflict, this country has a
host of smart, experienced, and
proven leaders. That wisdom must
be sought. These meetings will be
the beginning of a process that
Mr. Trump has called for and
which he believes must result in a
clear and realistic bipartisan
global strategy that will guide our
nation for years to come.”
Mr. Trump will continue to
announce members of his
National Security Advisory
Committee and other advisors on
key issues over the next few
weeks.
