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National Security Council

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

National Security Council (NSC), federal executive council responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating the defense policies of the United States and also exercising direction over the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Created in 1947 by the National Security Act (amended in 1949), the council's formal members are the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, and the secretary of defense. The director of national intelligence (formerly, the director of the CIA), the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president's national security adviser (the assistant to the ... Read more

National Security Council
The Oxford Companion to United States History National Security Council. Established by the National Security Act of 1947 , the National Security Council was created largely by Secretary ... the service secretaries, the National Security Council consisted of the president (as ... Read more

NSC (National Security Council)
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security NSC (National Security Council) █ JUDSON KNIGHT Established ... National Security Act of 1947, the National Security Council (NSC) was intended to serve ... members. The chairman of the National Security Council is the president, who relies ... Read more

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