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{{short description|White House advisory position}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
| insignia = US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
| image = Jake-Sullivan-WH.png
| incumbent = [[Jake Sullivan]]
| incumbentsince = January 20, 2021
| department = [[Executive Office of the President]]
| member_of = [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]<br/>[[Homeland Security Council]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States]]
| appointer = [[President of the United States]]
| constituting_instrument = National Security Presidential Memorandum<ref>{{cite web |title=National Security Presidential Memorandum–4 of April 4, 2017 |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-04-06/pdf/2017-07064.pdf#page=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407150009/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-04-06/pdf/2017-07064.pdf |archive-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| first = [[Robert Cutler]]
| formation = 1953
| deputy = [[Deputy National Security Advisor]]
| website = {{URL|https://wh.gov/nsc}}
}}
The '''assistant to the president for national security affairs''' ('''APNSA'''), commonly referred to as the '''national security advisor''' ('''NSA'''),<ref name="TNSAaS:1">The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1.</ref>{{refn|Abbreviated '''NSA''', or sometimes '''APNSA''' or '''ANSA''' in order to avoid confusion with the abbreviation of the [[National Security Agency]].|group="Note"}} is a senior aide in the [[Executive Office of the President]], based at the [[West Wing]] of the [[White House]].<ref name="White House appendix">{{cite web |title=History of the National Security Council, 1947-1997 |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/nsc/history.html |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |date=August 1997 |access-date=September 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222195523/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/nsc/history.html |archive-date=February 22, 2010 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]]}}</ref> The national security advisor serves as the principal advisor to the [[president of the United States]] on all [[national security]] issues. The national security advisor participates in meetings of the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] (NSC) and usually chairs meetings of the principals committee of the NSC with the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]] and [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] (those meetings not attended by the president). The NSA also sits on the [[Homeland Security Council]] (HSC). The national security advisor is supported by NSC staff who produce classified research and briefings for the national security advisor to review and present, either to the NSC or the president. The national security advisor is appointed by the president and does not require [[Advice and consent|confirmation]] by the [[United States Senate]]. An appointment of a three- or four-star general to the role requires [[Senate confirmation]] to maintain that rank in the new position.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Portnoy |first=Steven |date=February 21, 2017 |title=McMaster will need Senate confirmation to serve as national security adviser |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcmaster-will-need-senate-confirmation-to-serve-as-national-security-adviser/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301015417/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcmaster-will-need-senate-confirmation-to-serve-as-national-security-adviser/ |archive-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Role==
The influence and role of the national security advisor varies from administration to administration and depends not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position, but also on the style and management philosophy of the incumbent president.<ref name="TNSAaS:17-21">[[#TNSAaS|The National Security Advisor and Staff]]: pp. 17-21.</ref> ideally, the national security advisor serves as an honest broker of policy options for the president in the field of national security, rather than as an advocate for his or her own policy agenda.<ref name="TNSAaS:10-14">[[#TNSAaS|The National Security Advisor and Staff]]: pp. 10-14.</ref>

The national security advisor is a staff position in the [[Executive Office of the President]] and does not have [[Staff and line|line]] or budget authority over either the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] or the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], unlike the secretary of state and the secretary of defense, who are Senate-confirmed officials with statutory authority over their departments.<ref>See {{UnitedStatesCode|22|2651}} for the Secretary of State and {{UnitedStatesCode|10|113}} for the Secretary of Defense.</ref> The national security advisor is able to offer daily advice (due to the proximity) to the president independently of the vested interests of the large bureaucracies and clientele of those departments.<ref name="TNSAaS:17-21" />

In times of crisis, the national security advisor is likely to operate from the [[White House Situation Room]] or the [[Presidential Emergency Operations Center]] (as on [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]]),<ref name="clarke18">{{cite book |last=Clarke |first=Richard A. |author-link=Richard A. Clarke |title=Against All Enemies |url=https://archive.org/details/againstallenemie00clar/page/18 |url-access=registration |publisher=Free Press |location=New York |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/againstallenemie00clar/page/18 18] |isbn=0-7432-6024-4}}</ref> updating the president on the latest events in a crisis situation.

==History==
[[File:President Bush meets with General Colin Powell, General Scowcroft, Secretary James Baker, Vice President Quayle... - NARA - 186429.jpg|thumb|left|President [[George H. W. Bush]] meets in the [[Oval Office]] with his NSC about [[Operation Desert Shield]], 1991]]
The National Security Council was created at the start of the [[Cold War]] under the [[National Security Act of 1947]] to coordinate defense, foreign affairs, international economic policy, and intelligence; this was part of a large reorganization that saw the creation of the Department of Defense and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].<ref name=george/><ref name=schmitz>{{cite book |last=Schmitz |first=David F. |title=Brent Scowcroft: Internationalism and Post-Vietnam War American Foreign Policy |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |year=2011 |pages=2–3}}</ref> The Act did not create the position of the national security advisor per se, but it did create an executive secretary in charge of the staff. In 1949, the NSC became part of the Executive Office of the President.<ref name=george>{{cite book |last1=George |first1=Robert Z |last2=Rishikof |first2=Harvey |author2-link=Harvey Rishikof |title=The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth |publisher=[[Georgetown University Press]] |year=2011 |page=32}}</ref>

Robert Cutler was the first national security advisor in 1953, and held the job twice, both times during the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower administration]]. The system has remained largely unchanged since then, particularly since President John Kennedy, with powerful national security advisors and strong staff but a lower importance given to formal NSC meetings. This continuity persists despite the tendency of each new president to replace the advisor and senior NSC staff.<ref name=george/>

President [[Richard Nixon]]'s national security advisor, [[Henry Kissinger]], enhanced the importance of the role, controlling the flow of information to the president and meeting with him multiple times per day. Kissinger also holds the distinction of serving as national security advisor and secretary of state at the same time from September 22, 1973, until November 3, 1975.<ref name=george/><ref name=schmitz/> He holds the record for longest term of service (2,478 days); Michael Flynn holds the record for shortest term, at just 24 days.

Brent Scowcroft held the job in two non-consecutive administrations: the [[Ford administration]] and the [[Presidency of George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush administration]].

==List==
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!class=unsortable |Image
!colspan=2 |Name
!Start
!End
!Duration
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|[[File:Robert Cutler (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Robert|Cutler}}
|{{dts|March 23, 1953}}
|{{dts|April 2, 1955}}
|{{ayd|1953|3|23|1955|4|2}}
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
|-
|[[File:Dillon-Anderson.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Dillon|Anderson}}
|{{dts|April 2, 1955}}
|{{dts|September 1, 1956}}
|{{ayd|1955|4|2|1956|9|1}}
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
|[[File:William Harding Jackson.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|William|Jackson|William Harding Jackson}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Burke |first=John P. |title=Honest Broker?: The National Security Advisor and Presidential Decision Making |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |date=2009 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VSJjFMe671oC&pg=PA26 26] |isbn=9781603441025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, National Security Policy, Volume XIX |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v19/persons |publisher=Department of State, Office of the Historian |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lay |first1=James S. |last2=Johnson |first2=Robert H. |title=Organizational history of the National Security Council during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |location=Washington, DC |date=1960 |page=40}}</ref><br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|September 1, 1956}}
|{{dts|January 7, 1957}}
|{{ayd|1956|9|1|1957|1|7}}
|-
|[[File:Robert Cutler (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Robert|Cutler}}
|{{dts|January 7, 1957}}
|{{dts|June 24, 1958}}
|{{ayd|1957|1|7|1958|6|24}}
|-
|[[File:Gordon Gray - Project Gutenberg etext 20587.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Gordon|Gray|dab=politician}}
|{{dts|June 24, 1958}}
|{{dts|January 13, 1961}}
|{{ayd|1958|6|24|1961|1|13}}
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[File:McGeorge Bundy.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Mac|Bundy|McGeorge Bundy}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 20, 1961}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|February 28, 1966}}
|rowspan=2 |{{ayd|1961|1|20|1966|2|28}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|John F.|Kennedy}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}
|-
|[[File:Advisors, Walt Rostow - NARA - 192543 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Walt|Rostow}}
|{{dts|April 1, 1966}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1969}}
|{{ayd|1966|4|1|1969|1|20}}
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[File:Henry Kissinger.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Henry|Kissinger}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 20, 1969}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|November 3, 1975}}
|rowspan=2 |{{ayd|1969|1|20|1975|11|3}}
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}
|-
|[[File:Major General Brent Scowcroft in October 1973.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Brent|Scowcroft}}
|{{dts|November 3, 1975}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}
|{{ayd|1975|11|3|1977|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1977.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Zbig|Brzezinski|Zbigniew Brzezinski}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1981}}
|{{ayd|1977|1|20|1981|1|20}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}
|-
|[[File:Richard V. Allen 1981.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Richard|Allen|Richard V. Allen}}
|{{dts|January 21, 1981}}
|{{dts|January 4, 1982}}
|{{ayd|1981|1|21|1982|1|4}}
|rowspan=8 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=8 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
|[[File:James W. Nance.png|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|James|Nance|James W. Nance}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Weisman |first=Steven R. |title=Reagan Replacing Security Advisor, Officials Report |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/02/us/reagan-replacing-security-adviser-officials-report.html |date=January 2, 1982 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US}}</ref><br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|November 30, 1981}}
|{{dts|January 4, 1982}}
|{{ayd|1981|11|30|1982|1|4}}
|-
|[[File:William patrick clark.png|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|William|Clark|William P. Clark Jr.}}
|{{dts|January 4, 1982}}
|{{dts|October 17, 1983}}
|{{ayd|1982|1|4|1983|10|17}}
|-
|[[File:Robert Mcfarlane IAGS.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Bud|McFarlane|Robert McFarlane (American politician)}}
|{{dts|October 17, 1983}}
|{{dts|December 4, 1985}}
|{{ayd|1983|10|17|1985|12|4}}
|-
|[[File:Admiral John Poindexter, official Navy photo, 1985.JPEG|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|John|Poindexter}}
|{{dts|December 4, 1985}}
|{{dts|November 25, 1986}}
|{{ayd|1985|12|4|1986|11|25}}
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
|[[File:Alton_Keel_1986.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Alton|Keel|Alton G. Keel Jr.}}<br>{{small|Acting}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-alton-g-keel-jr-be-the-permanent-united-states-representative-the-council-the | title=Nomination of Alton G. Keel, Jr., to be the Permanent United States Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization &#124; the American Presidency Project }}</ref>
|{{dts|November 26, 1986}}
|{{dts|December 31, 1986}}
|{{ayd|1986|11|26|1986|12|31}}
|-
|[[File:Frank Carlucci official portrait.JPEG|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Frank|Carlucci}}
|{{dts|January 1, 1987}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/09/Newly-appointed-national-security-adviser-Frank-Carlucci-is-planning/6843534488400/ | title=Newly appointed national security adviser Frank Carlucci is planning... - UPI Archives }}</ref>
|{{dts|November 23, 1987}}
|{{ayd|1987|1|1|1987|11|23}}
|-
|[[File:ColinPowell.JPEG|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Colin|Powell}}
|{{dts|November 23, 1987}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|{{ayd|1987|11|23|1989|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:Brent Scowcroft.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Brent|Scowcroft}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|{{ayd|1989|1|20|1993|1|20}}
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}
|-
|[[File:Anthony Lake 0c175 7733.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Tony|Lake|Anthony Lake}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|{{dts|March 14, 1997}}
|{{ayd|1993|1|20|1997|3|14}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}
|-
|[[File:Official Portrait of United States National Security Advisor Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Sandy|Berger}}
|{{dts|March 14, 1997}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}
|{{ayd|1997|3|14|2001|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:Condoleezza Rice cropped.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Condoleezza|Rice}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}<ref name="TNSAaS:33">[[#TNSAaS|The National Security Advisor and Staff]]: p. 33.</ref>
|{{dts|January 25, 2005}}<ref name="TNSAaS:33"/>
|{{ayd|2001|1|20|2005|1|25}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
|-
|[[File:Stephen Hadley Natl Security Advisor bio photo.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Stephen|Hadley}}
|{{dts|January 26, 2005}}<ref name="TNSAaS:33"/>
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{ayd|2005|1|26|2009|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:James L. Jones 2.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Independent (US)}};" |
|{{sortname|James|Jones|James L. Jones}}<ref name="Change.gov_20081201">{{cite press release |accessdate=December 1, 2008 |url=http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/key_members_of_obama_biden_national_security_team_announced |title=Key Members of Obama-Biden National Security Team Announced |date=December 1, 2008 |publisher=The Office of the President-Elect |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201182614/http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/key_members_of_obama_biden_national_security_team_announced |archive-date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{dts|October 8, 2010}}
|{{ayd|2009|1|20|2010|10|8}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
|-
|[[File:National Security Advisor Donilon.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Tom|Donilon|Thomas E. Donilon}}<ref name="Appointment">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/08/obama.jones.replacement|title=Donilon to Replace Jones as National Security Adviser |accessdate=October 8, 2010 |date=October 2010 |publisher=CNN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108190555/http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/08/obama.jones.replacement |archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>
|{{dts|October 8, 2010}}
|{{dts|July 1, 2013}}<ref name="Susan">{{cite web |title=National Security Team Shuffle May Signal More Activist Stance at White House |first1=Scott |last1=Wilson |first2=Colum |last2=Lynch |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tom-donilon-resigning-as-national-security-adviser-susan-rice-to-replace-him/2013/06/05/b296f36a-cdd3-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025180729/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tom-donilon-resigning-as-national-security-adviser-susan-rice-to-replace-him/2013/06/05/b296f36a-cdd3-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html |archive-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>
|{{ayd|2010|10|8|2013|7|1}}
|-
|[[File:Susan Rice official photo.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Susan|Rice}}<ref name="Susan"/>
|{{dts|July 1, 2013}}<ref name="Susan"/>
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2013|7|1|2017|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:Michael T Flynn.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Michael Flynn]]
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|{{dts|February 13, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2017|1|20|2017|2|13}}
|rowspan=6 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=6 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
|[[File:Keith Kellogg 2000.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Keith|Kellogg}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|February 13, 2017}}
|{{dts|February 20, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2017|2|13|2017|2|20}}
|-
|[[File:H.R. McMaster ARCIC 2014.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Independent (US)}};" |
|{{sortname|H. R.|McMaster}}
|{{dts|February 20, 2017}}
|{{dts|April 9, 2018}}
|{{ayd|2017|2|20|2018|4|9}}
|-
|[[File:John R. Bolton official photo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|John|Bolton}}
|{{dts|April 9, 2018}}
|{{dts|September 10, 2019}}
|{{ayd|2018|4|9|2019|9|10}}
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
|[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C42578 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Charlie|Kupperman|Charles Kupperman}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|September 10, 2019}}
|{{dts|September 18, 2019}}
|{{ayd|2019|9|10|2019|9|18}}
|-
|[[File:Robert C. O'Brien.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Robert|O'Brien|Robert C. O'Brien}}
|{{dts|September 18, 2019}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
|{{ayd|2019|9|18|2021|1|20}}
|-
|[[File:Jake-Sullivan-WH.png|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Jake|Sullivan}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Biden to Appoint Jake Sullivan as National Security Adviser |date=November 23, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/biden-jake-sullivan-national-security-adviser |publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
|Incumbent
|{{ayd|2021|1|20}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
|-
|[[File:Michael Waltz, official portrait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Michael|Waltz}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}
|Incoming
|{{ayd|2025|1|20}}
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|}

== See also ==
*[[White House Chief of Staff]]
*[[Homeland Security Council]]
*[[Homeland Security Advisor]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=Note}}

==References==
{{Cite book
  |title = 2009-02: The National Security Advisor and Staff
  |publisher = WhiteHouseTransitionProject.org
  |url = http://whitehousetransitionproject.org/resources/briefing/WHTP-2009-02-National%20Security%20Advisor.pdf
  |date = 2009
  |ref = TNSAaS
  |access-date = March 1, 2015
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221719/http://whitehousetransitionproject.org/resources/briefing/WHTP-2009-02-National%20Security%20Advisor.pdf
  |archive-date = March 3, 2016
  |url-status = dead
  }}

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==Further reading==
*Falk, Stanley L., "The National Security Council under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy". ''Political Science Quarterly'' 79.3 (1964): 403–434. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2145907 online]
* George, Robert Z. and [[Harvey Rishikof|Rishikof, Harvey]], eds., ''The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth'' (2nd ed.: [[Georgetown University Press]], 2017). [https://www.usaidalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Myers_National-Security-Enterprise-1.pdf Excerpt] 
* Preston, Andrew, "The Little State Department: McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council Staff, 1961‐65". ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 31.4 (2001): 635–659. [http://www.corwin.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/2960_12psq01.pdf#page=80 Online]
* Rothkopf, David, ''Running the world: The inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power''. (PublicAffairs, 2009).

==External links==
* [https://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ WhiteHouse.gov/NSC]

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