(FILES) US Representative Michael Waltz, Republican of Florida, displays a map with the 2021 bases/facilities with reported US access agreements during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Waltz, a former army special forces veteran and noted China hawk, for the crucial National Security Advisor post in the White House, reports said on November 11, 2024. Waltz looks set to be a key advisor in the incoming adminstration as it faces a raft of foreign policy challenges, including the wars in Ukraine, Lebanon and Gaza. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)