National Security Council Deputies Committee
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The National Security Council Deputies Committee is a committee of the United States National Security Council
comprising the deputies to senior members of the United States Cabinet
. Outside the cabinet, it is the highest level interagency committee dealing with issues of national security. The committee was established in 1989 by incoming president, George H. W. Bush
, and retained by his successors Bill Clinton
and George W. Bush
as an instrument of policy.
Council members include:
and may include as required:
United States National Security Council
The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the...
comprising the deputies to senior members of the United States Cabinet
United States Cabinet
The Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, which are generally the heads of the federal executive departments...
. Outside the cabinet, it is the highest level interagency committee dealing with issues of national security. The committee was established in 1989 by incoming president, George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
, and retained by his successors Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
as an instrument of policy.
Council members include:
- the Deputy National Security AdvisorDeputy National Security AdvisorThe Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor....
(Chairman) - the Under Secretary of Defense for PolicyUnder Secretary of Defense for PolicyThe Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters...
- the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyDeputy Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyThe Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency...
and may include as required:
- the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffVice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the second highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces ranking just below the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
- the Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
- the Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
External links
- NSPD-1 - Organization of the National Security Council System, 13 February, 2001