McMaster: I’m Here to Serve, Not ‘Control the President’

Government Executive: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster became the latest general on President Donald Trump’s national security team to explain publicly that his job, as he sees it, is to help execute the commander-in-chief’s policies, not “keep him on the reservation,” as some critics hope.

McMaster, along with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, both retired 4-star generals, have become frequent targets of Trump critics, who question why they serve and call for the trio to push back on Trump’s unpopular policies and personnel, or outright resign.

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