December 5, 2016 4:39 PM
Florida’s Allen West – once harshly judged by Gen. Mattis – meets with Team Trump
By Lesley Clark
WASHINGTON
Former Florida Rep. Allen West, the firebrand tea party darling who lost his congressional seat in 2012, could be headed to the Trump administration.
West, now executive director at the Texas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, met Monday at Trump Tower with Vice President-elect Mike Pence; Michael T. Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser; and K.T. McFarland, Trump’s choice to be his deputy national security adviser.
West is already known to another Trump team member, retired Gen. James Mattis, who will Tuesday officially be named as Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense.
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