U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigns

Over in the United States.
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn submitted his resignation... amid growing scrutiny over
the nature of his ties to Russia.
The Donald Trump administration named retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg the acting
national security adviser.
Lee Unshin give us the updates.
President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, submitted his letter
of resignation late Monday night.
Flynn's action came in the wake of reports that he may have had misled top White House
officials,... including Vice President Mike Pence,... about his phone conversations with
the Russian ambassador to the United States in late December.
The Washington Post and the New York Times have both reported that Flynn talked to the
ambassador about U.S. sanctions against Russia... imposed under the Obama administration...
and before Donald Trump was inaugurated.
The Post is also reporting that the Justice Department had warned the White House late
last month that Flynn's activities could make him vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians.
Flynn had previously denied that he'd had any substantive conversations with the ambassador,
Sergei Kislyak,... and as late as January Vice President Pence had backed his claim,
saying the sanctions were not part of the talks between the two.
In his resignation letter, Flynn said that he briefed the vice president with "incomplete
information" regarding the calls... "due to the fast pace of events."
He also said he has apologized to both Trump and Pence and they have accepted his apology.
Flynn's departure comes after just 24 days on the job, making his tenure as a senior
presidential adviser one of the shortest in modern history.
Lee Unshin Arirang News.

U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigns

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