Adviser Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell

I'm just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth…

— Leon Panetta

I think General [Mike] Flynn is probably the top contender for that job [of national security adviser].

— George Stephanopoulos

I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.

— Leon Panetta

National security advisors, like White House Chiefs of Staff, their job generally if they're - if they're competent and qualified and effective is to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

There's no confirmation process for the staffers that the president puts around him at the White House. Those are the people he chooses to…

— Susan Page

I'm going to wait for the confirmation hearings. I'm familiar with General [John Francis ] Kelly because of my work on the Armed Services…

— Claire McCaskill

Steve Hadley, that's an outlier, for sure. But he's very experienced. He may be national security adviser, but think that would be a hard…

— George Stephanopoulos

General [Michael] Flynn has been in touch with diplomatic leaders, security leaders in some 30 countries. That's exactly what the incoming national security advisor…

— Mike Pence

President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when I was…

— Colin Powell

If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place…

— Mitch McConnell

The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.

— Tim Kaine