By Allan Lengel

Lisa Monaco, a former top adviser to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, and currently Principal Deputy Attorney General, has been nominated by the White House to fill the job of Assistant Attorney General for National Security, the website Main Justice reported.

She would replace interim Tod Hinnen, who stepped in after David Kris left the department for private practice, Main Justice reported.

Monaco was selected as Principal Attorney General in January. She served as a top adviser to the FBI director from 2007 to 2009, the website reported.