US President-elect Donald Trump has
awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party
official and a right-wing media chief.
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff.
In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a conduit to Congress and the government.
Stephen Bannon, from the Breitbart News Network, will serve as Mr Trump's chief strategist.
Mr
Bannon stepped aside as executive chairman of Breitbart - a combative
conservative site with an anti-establishment agenda that critics accuse
of xenophobia and misogyny - to act as Mr Trump's campaign chief.
Meanwhile in the president-elect's first interview, with US broadcaster CBS, Mr Trump said:
- He would deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants with criminal links
- Future Supreme Court nominees would be "pro-life" - meaning they oppose abortion - and defend the constitutional right to bear arms
- He will not seek to overturn the legalisation of same-sex marriage
- He will forgo the president's $400,000 salary, taking $1 a year instead
'Truly an honour'
In a
statement released by his campaign, Mr Trump described Mr Priebus and Mr
Bannon as "highly qualified leaders who worked well together on our
campaign and led us to a historic victory".
Mr Priebus, 44, acted as a bridge between Mr Trump and the Republican party establishment during the campaign.
He
is close to House Speaker Paul Ryan, a fellow Wisconsinite, who could
be instrumental in steering the new administration's legislative agenda.
Breitbart man
During the election race, Mr Bannon, 62, saw it as his aim to "bolster the business-like approach of Mr Trump's campaign".
A former naval officer, investment banker and Hollywood producer, Mr
Bannon took over at Breitbart in 2012, when he promised to make it the
"Huffington Post of the right".
Breitbart is linked to the alternative right movement - or alt-right - which tends to reject both left-wing ideology and mainstream conservatism.
The movement often emphasises free speech and the right to offend. Opponents call it racist, anti-Semitic and sexist.
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