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==History==
==History==
[[File:Barack Obama Meeting Swine Flu Outbreak 5-1.jpg|thumb|left|President [[Barack Obama]] at Homeland Security Council meeting in [[Cabinet Room (White House)|Cabinet Room]] to discuss the [[2009 swine flu pandemic]]]]
[[File:Barack Obama Meeting Swine Flu Outbreak 5-1.jpg|thumb|left|President [[Barack Obama]] at Homeland Security Council meeting in [[Cabinet Room (White House)|Cabinet Room]] to discuss the [[2009 swine flu pandemic]]]]
The Homeland Security Council (HSC) is an entity within the Executive Office of the President and was created by {{Executive Order|13228}} on October 29, 2001, and subsequently expanded on by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 |url=https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-1.htm |date=29 October 2001 |publisher=Homeland Security Council |access-date=18 September 2009}}</ref>  It served as the successor to the Office of Homeland Security, established on September 20, 2001, immediately after the [[September 11 attacks]]. [[United States Congress|Congress]] subsequently [[Codification (law)|codified]] the HSC in the [[Homeland Security Act|Homeland Security Act of 2002]], charging it with advising the [[President of the United States|president]] on [[homeland security]] matters.<ref>P.L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002).</ref>
The Homeland Security Council (HSC) is an entity within the Executive Office of the President and was created by {{Executive Order|13228}} on October 29, 2001, and subsequently expanded on by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 |url=https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-1.htm |date=29 October 2001 |publisher=Homeland Security Council |access-date=18 September 2009}}</ref>  It served as the successor to the Office of Homeland Security, established on September 20, 2001, immediately after the September 11 attacks. [[United States Congress|Congress]] subsequently [[Codification (law)|codified]] the HSC in the [[Homeland Security Act|Homeland Security Act of 2002]], charging it with advising the [[President of the United States|president]] on [[homeland security]] matters.<ref>P.L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002).</ref>


On February 23, 2009, the [[Obama administration]] released Presidential Study Directive 1. This memorandum ordered a 60-day inter-agency review of the White House homeland security and [[counter-terrorism]] structure. The review recommended that the president merge the staff supporting the Homeland Security Council with the staff supporting the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nichols |first=Hans |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akzv9faU7Jko&refer=home |title=Obama Risks Cabinet Clashes to Expand National Security Council |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2009-03-05 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022604199.html?hpid=moreheadlines |title=National Security Structure Is Set |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date= February 27, 2009|access-date=2012-05-17 |first=Karen |last=DeYoung}}</ref> On May 26, 2009, [[Barack Obama]] signed the recommendation to merge the Homeland Security Council and National Security Council staffs into one National Security Staff. On February 10, 2014, President Obama renamed the National Security Staff the National Security Council (NSC) staff.<ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/02/10/nsc-staff-name-back-so-long-nss NSC Staff, the Name Is Back! So Long, NSS] The White House. February 10, 2014.</ref>
On February 23, 2009, the [[Obama administration]] released Presidential Study Directive 1. This memorandum ordered a 60-day inter-agency review of the White House homeland security and [[counter-terrorism]] structure. The review recommended that the president merge the staff supporting the Homeland Security Council with the staff supporting the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nichols |first=Hans |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akzv9faU7Jko&refer=home |title=Obama Risks Cabinet Clashes to Expand National Security Council |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2009-03-05 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022604199.html?hpid=moreheadlines |title=National Security Structure Is Set |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date= February 27, 2009|access-date=2012-05-17 |first=Karen |last=DeYoung}}</ref> On May 26, 2009, [[Barack Obama]] signed the recommendation to merge the Homeland Security Council and National Security Council staffs into one National Security Staff. On February 10, 2014, President Obama renamed the National Security Staff the National Security Council (NSC) staff.<ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/02/10/nsc-staff-name-back-so-long-nss NSC Staff, the Name Is Back! So Long, NSS] The White House. February 10, 2014.</ref>