US security chief steps down

WASHINGTON – In another White House shake-up, President Barack Obama yesterday announced that his national security adviser General James Jones was stepping down after helping to shape the foreign policy for nearly two years.
Tom Donilon, Jones’ deputy, will take over as the top security adviser.
Obama hailed Jones, a lifelong military man before his White House post, as a “dedicated public servant and a friend to me”. The president turned over the job to Donilon, a workhorse figure in the White House who brings to the job a long background of Democratic politics and diplomacy. (AP)