The White House plans for US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to serve simultaneously as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor for at least six months, writes Politico, citing its sources.
„Marco Rubio is expected to serve as acting secretary of state and national security adviser for at least six months, and several of President Donald Trump's top advisers are interested in making his position permanent, three senior White House officials said,“ the article said.“This was not intended as a temporary measure,“ Politico quoted one of the interlocutors as saying.“As one of the sources noted by the publication, Rubio had not planned to take the post of national security adviser - he was personally asked to do so by President Donald Trump and his chief of staff.“
On May 1, Trump announced that Michael Walz, who previously held the post of national security adviser, would be appointed as the permanent US representative to the United Nations.“
The latest case of The first time he combined the two positions in the US administration was between 1973 and 1975, when Henry Kissinger was Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to the President. According to CBS, Walz was offered the position of US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, but he chose the position at the UN. "In discussions with White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, Walz was offered ambassadorial positions in several countries, including Saudi Arabia. After some consideration, Walz settled on the UN," CBS reported. As Axios previously reported, the leading candidate for the post of National Security Advisor to the US President is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. In addition, according to Politico, the list of candidates for this post includes the National Security Council's senior director for counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka, and the US leader's envoy for special tasks, Richard Grenell.