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The National Security Council was created in 1947 by the [[National Security Act of 1947|National Security Act]]. It was created because policymakers felt that the diplomacy of the State Department was no longer adequate to contain the Soviet Union in light of the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QHDkqb-myscC&pg=PA499|title=Encyclopedia of American foreign policy|edition=2nd|volume=2|location=New York|publisher=Scribner|year=2002|author=National Security Council|isbn=9780684806570 }}</ref> The intent was to ensure coordination and concurrence among the [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] and other instruments of national security policy such as the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), also created in the National Security Act. In 2004, the position of [[Director of National Intelligence]] (DNI) was created, taking over the responsibilities previously held by the head of the CIA, the [[Director of Central Intelligence|director of central intelligence]], as a cabinet-level position to oversee and coordinate activities of the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-of-central-intelligence-as-leaders-of-the-u-s-intelligence-community/chapter_15.htm|title=Directors of Central Intelligence as Leaders of the US Intelligence Community|author=Douglas F. Garthoff|year=2007|publisher=cia.gov|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427101356/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-of-central-intelligence-as-leaders-of-the-u-s-intelligence-community/chapter_15.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>