Donald Trump has selected K.T. McFarland to be his deputy national security adviser. | POLITICO Screen grab Trump taps K.T. McFarland to be deputy national security adviser

Donald Trump has selected K.T. McFarland to be his deputy national security adviser, the president-elect's transition team announced.

McFarland, a former Fox News analyst, served as an official in the Reagan White House. She also unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in New York in 2006.

"In asking KT McFarland to become his Deputy National Security Advisor, President-elect Trump has brought to the top ranks of his Administration one of our country's most experienced, informed, and wise foreign policy and national security experts" former Sen. Joe Lieberman said in a release. "She is a woman of honor, compassion, and patriotism."

Trump previously announced that retired Gen. Michael Flynn will serve as his national security adviser.