President-elect Trump announced Friday that former State Department official Alex Wong will be appointed assistant to the president and deputy chief national security adviser, and that Sebastian Gorka, a former aide, will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. .

Both men served under Trump during his first term. Wong served as the State Department’s deputy special representative for North Korea and deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Rep. Mike Waltz, who was appointed by Trump as his national security adviser, praised Wong on X.

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Sebastian Gorka and Alex Wong will serve for a second term under President-elect Trump. (Getty Images; Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

“Alex has a proven track record of delivering results during President Trump’s first term, where he helped negotiate the historic summits with Kim Jong Un that stabilized relations,” he wrote. “He will play a vital role in helping keep America safe!”

Gorka, who Trump said was a “legal immigrant,” previously served as deputy assistant to the president during Trump’s first term. He is also a former Fox News contributor.

“Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA movement, and previously served as a presidential strategist in the first Trump administration,” Trump said in a press release.

Gorka previously served as a deputy assistant and strategist focusing on foreign policy and national security during the first seven months of the Trump administration.

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He left the Trump White House in 2017.

The appointments were part of a slew of announcements from Trump as he begins to shape his Cabinet for his second term.