Trump reveals short list for national security adviser

President Donald Trump says he's now considering five people to replace ousted National Security Adviser John Bolton.

U.S President Donald Trump (L) and John Bolton (R), the national security adviser attend a briefing from Senior Military Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on April 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. [File Photo: IC/Olivier Douliery/Abaca]

Trump tells reporters that his short-list for the critical post is made up of Robert O'Brien, Ric Waddell, Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Fred Fleitz and Keith Kellogg.

O'Brien is currently the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. Waddell served as Trump's deputy national security adviser. Fleitz is a Bolton ally who served as executive secretary of the NSC last year. Gordon-Hagerty is the Energy Department's undersecretary for nuclear security. And Kellogg is the national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump had said after Bolton, his third security adviser, departed last Monday that he hoped to name a new national security adviser this week.