President Trump
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Sebastian Lukacs GorkaSunday shows preview: Coronavirus raises questions about school safety; Trump commutes Roger Stone for sentencing the new head of the United States media agency under fire from both sides The appeals court prevents the White House from suspending the reporter MORE to serve on a national security advisory board, marking the return of one of its most high-profile advisers.
The White House announced in a press release Tuesday that Trump appointed Gorka to serve as one of 14 members of the National Security Education Board for a four-year term.
Gorka, who previously advised the president on counter-terrorism matters, is one of six appointed by the presidency to serve on the board, along with representatives from the Pentagon and other cabinet-level departments such as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), State Department, Department of Commerce and others.
Board members oversee the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which was created to help strategically unite the national security community and higher education to provide expertise in critical languages and regions.
Members are tasked with providing “strategic consultation” and helping to ensure that “NSEP programs remain focused on efforts that serve the broad national security interests of the United States,” according to its website.
Gorka is a controversial figure in Washington, DC, where he is known for his giddy comments on various subjects, as well as for his repeated combative confrontations with journalists and critics.
He He left the White House in August 2017, shortly after then-Trump chief strategist Stephen Bannon was ousted, games that marked an exodus of key members of the nationalist economic wing within the administration at the time.
Gorka, a close ally of Bannon, had also previously worked with Bannon on Breitbart News before following him to the White House.
After his departure, Gorka turned to host a conservative, pro-Trump radio show called “America First.”
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