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Scoop: Rubio aide promoted to top White House national security post
Source: msn/Axios
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Mike Needham, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has been promoted to a top national security job in the White House, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Needham's new post as assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser is one of the more important jobs in a Trump administration consumed with foreign policy challenges from Iran to China, Cuba and Venezuela.
Zoom in: Needham replaces Robert Gabriel, whom White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles last week called "a trusted confidant and dear friend to me and his White House colleagues."
Like Gabriel, Needham has good relations in the White House, including with Vice President JD Vance's team. "Everyone likes Mike. He gets the policy. He gets the politics," said a senior administration official. Because Rubio is also the president's national security adviser, Needham's transition still puts him in close contact with the secretary.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/scoop-rubio-aide-promoted-to-top-white-house-national-security-post/ar-AA245hPs