K. T. McFarland
K. T. McFarland | |
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![]() McFarland in 2016 | |
Deputy National Security Advisor | |
In office January 20, 2017[1] – May 19, 2017 Serving with Dina Powell | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Avril Haines |
Succeeded by | Ricky L. Waddell |
Personal details | |
Born | Kathleen Troia July 22, 1951 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Alan R. McFarland |
Children | 5 (3 as mother, 2 as stepmother) |
Education |
Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland (born July 22, 1951) was the Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump from January 20, 2017 to May 19, 2017.
On April 9, 2017, it was reported that she would soon be leaving this post and be nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to Singapore.
McFarland served previously as a staff member on the U.S. National Security Council in the 1970s and a staff member at the Defense Department in the 1980s. McFarland ran unsuccessfully for the Republican Party nomination in the United States Senate election in New York, 2006, then was a Fox News national security analyst and a contributor to its website opinion page in the 2010s.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Firozi, Paulina (9 April 2017). "Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland to leave post: report". TheHill.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Kathleen Troia McFarland at Wikimedia Commons
- NSC page
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Kathleen Troia “KT” McFarland -Jamestown Foundation
- IMDB entry
- Website - archived as of October 2016
- On National Security and Islamic Terrorism Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine - with Gen. Jerry Boykin