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Trump picks Navy veteran as top counter terrorism official

Ns News Online DeskNs News Online Desk: WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is nominating a Navy special  veteran to be the nation’s top counter terrorism official.
Trump announced Friday that he’s picked Joseph Maguire to lead the National Counter terrorism Center.
Since 2013, Maguire has been president and chief executive officer of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. His last government assignment was deputy director for strategic operational planning at the counter terrorism center where he was a member of the National Security Council’s counter terrorism security group.
Maguire, who is from New York City, retired from the Navy in 2010 as a vice admiral after 36 years in uniform. He has commanded every level of the Naval Special Warfare Command, the Navy component of the US Special Operations Command.
Russell Travers is currently the acting director of the center.

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