Ricky Waddell named White House deputy national security adviser

Waddell will be second-in-command to national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, and will run day-to-day operations and meetings.

Waddell will take over for K.T. McFarland, who is expected to become U.S. ambassador to Singapore.

The major general previously served as commander of the 76th Operational Response Command infantry since 2015. He has served in various command positions throughout his 22 years in the Army Reserve, including posts in U.S. Central Command and the Republic of Korea, and five deployments to Iraq and another three to Afghanistan./.