Trump Selects Longtime Adviser Keith Kellogg as Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia

CHARLOTTE, NC – AUGUST 26: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Keith Kellogg, National Security Advisor to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, addresses the virtual convention on August 26, 2020. The convention is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic but will include speeches from various locations including Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, DC. (Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg is retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense issues. Kellogg served as national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence. Kellogg is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration. Kellogg will come into the envoy role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February.