President-elect Trump has tapped his first term alums Alex Wong and Sebastian Gorka to join his national security team for his second go-around. Gorka will act as the deputy assistant to the president and as the senior director for counterterrorism while Wong will serve as assistant to the president and as the principal deputy

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump named Alex Wong, who was engaged in working-level nuclear talks with North Korea during his first term, as his principal deputy national security adviser amid expectations he could seek to reengage with Pyongyang after returning to office.