Israel is welcoming news that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be appointed as ambassador to Israel. (AP Video / Nov. 12, 2024)
Israel is welcoming news that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be appointed as ambassador to Israel. (AP Video / Nov. 12, 2024)
By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price And Jill Colvin The Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump moved to build out his national security team Tuesday, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
In a flurry of announcements, Trump said he had chosen former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel and his longtime friend Steven Witkoff to be a special envoy to the Middle East. Trump also said he would nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security and named Bill McGinley, his Cabinet secretary in his first administration, …