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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 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> |
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The national security advisor is a staff position in the |
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" /> |
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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. |
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. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[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]] |
[[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]] meeting in the [[Oval Office]] with his NSC regarding [[Operation Desert Shield]], 1991]] |
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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> |
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> |
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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/> |
Robert Cutler was the first national security advisor in 1953, and held the job twice, both times during the [[Presidency of 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/> |
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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. |
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. |
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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]]. |
Brent Scowcroft held the job in two non-consecutive administrations: the [[Presidency of Gerald Ford|Ford administration]] and the [[Presidency of George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush administration]]. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
Revision as of 17:51, 8 November 2023
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs | |
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Executive Office of the President | |
Member of | National Security Council Homeland Security Council |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Appointer | President of the United States |
Constituting instrument | National Security Presidential Memorandum[1] |
Formation | 1953 |
First holder | Robert Cutler |
Deputy | Deputy National Security Advisor |
Website | Official website |
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),[2][Note 1] is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at the West Wing of the White House.[3] 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 National Security Council (NSC) and usually chairs meetings of the Principals Committee of the NSC with the Secretary of State and 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 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
The national security advisor is a staff position in the Executive Office of the President and does not have line or budget authority over either the Department of State or the Department of Defense, unlike the secretary of state and the secretary of defense, who are Senate-confirmed officials with statutory authority over their departments.[7] 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.[5]
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, 2001),[8] updating the president on the latest events in a crisis situation.
History
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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.[9][10] 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.[9]
Robert Cutler was the first national security advisor in 1953, and held the job twice, both times during the 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.[9]
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.[9][10] 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 George H. W. Bush administration.
List
Image | Name | Start | End | Duration | President | ||
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Robert Cutler | March 23, 1953 | April 2, 1955 | 2 years, 10 days | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
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Dillon Anderson | April 2, 1955 | September 1, 1956 | 1 year, 152 days | |||
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William Jackson[11][12][13] Acting |
September 1, 1956 | January 7, 1957 | 128 days | |||
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Robert Cutler | January 7, 1957 | June 24, 1958 | 1 year, 168 days | |||
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Gordon Gray | June 24, 1958 | January 13, 1961 | 2 years, 203 days | |||
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Mac Bundy | January 20, 1961 | February 28, 1966 | 5 years, 39 days | John F. Kennedy | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
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Walt Rostow | April 1, 1966 | January 20, 1969 | 2 years, 294 days | |||
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Henry Kissinger | January 20, 1969 | November 3, 1975 | 6 years, 287 days | Richard Nixon | ||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
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Brent Scowcroft | November 3, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | 1 year, 78 days | |||
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Zbig Brzezinski | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | 4 years, 0 days | Jimmy Carter | ||
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Richard Allen | January 21, 1981 | January 4, 1982 | 348 days | Ronald Reagan | ||
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James Nance[14] Acting |
November 30, 1981 | January 4, 1982 | 35 days | |||
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William Clark | January 4, 1982 | October 17, 1983 | 1 year, 286 days | |||
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Bud McFarlane | October 17, 1983 | December 4, 1985 | 2 years, 48 days | |||
John Poindexter | December 4, 1985 | November 25, 1986 | 356 days | ||||
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Alton Keel Acting[15] |
November 26, 1986 | December 31, 1986 | 35 days | |||
Frank Carlucci | January 1, 1987[16] | November 23, 1987 | 326 days | ||||
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Colin Powell | November 23, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | 1 year, 58 days | |||
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Brent Scowcroft | January 20, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | 4 years, 0 days | George H. W. Bush | ||
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Tony Lake | January 20, 1993 | March 14, 1997 | 4 years, 53 days | Bill Clinton | ||
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Sandy Berger | March 14, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | 3 years, 312 days | |||
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Condoleezza Rice | January 20, 2001[17] | January 25, 2005[17] | 4 years, 5 days | George W. Bush | ||
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Stephen Hadley | January 26, 2005[17] | January 20, 2009 | 3 years, 360 days | |||
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James Jones[18] | January 20, 2009 | October 8, 2010 | 1 year, 261 days | Barack Obama | ||
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Tom Donilon[19] | October 8, 2010 | July 1, 2013[20] | 2 years, 266 days | |||
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Susan Rice[20] | July 1, 2013[20] | January 20, 2017 | 3 years, 203 days | |||
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Mike Flynn | January 20, 2017 | February 13, 2017 | 24 days | Donald Trump | ||
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Keith Kellogg Acting |
February 13, 2017 | February 20, 2017 | 7 days | |||
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H. R. McMaster | February 20, 2017 | April 9, 2018 | 1 year, 48 days | |||
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John Bolton | April 9, 2018 | September 10, 2019 | 1 year, 154 days | |||
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Charlie Kupperman Acting |
September 10, 2019 | September 18, 2019 | 8 days | |||
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Robert O'Brien | September 18, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | 1 year, 124 days | |||
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Jake Sullivan[21] | January 20, 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 172 days | Joe Biden |
See also
Notes
- ^ Abbreviated NSA, or sometimes APNSA or ANSA in order to avoid confusion with the abbreviation of the National Security Agency.
References
2009-02: The National Security Advisor and Staff (PDF). WhiteHouseTransitionProject.org. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ "National Security Presidential Memorandum–4 of April 4, 2017" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 7, 2017.
- ^ The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1.
- ^ "History of the National Security Council, 1947-1997". whitehouse.gov. August 1997. Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2008 – via National Archives.
- ^ Portnoy, Steven (February 21, 2017). "McMaster will need Senate confirmation to serve as national security adviser". CBS News. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ a b The National Security Advisor and Staff: pp. 17-21.
- ^ The National Security Advisor and Staff: pp. 10-14.
- ^ See 22 U.S.C. § 2651 for the Secretary of State and 10 U.S.C. § 113 for the Secretary of Defense.
- ^ Clarke, Richard A. (2004). Against All Enemies. New York: Free Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-7432-6024-4.
- ^ a b c d George, Robert Z; Rishikof, Harvey (2011). The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth. Georgetown University Press. p. 32.
- ^ a b Schmitz, David F. (2011). Brent Scowcroft: Internationalism and Post-Vietnam War American Foreign Policy. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 2–3.
- ^ Burke, John P. (2009). Honest Broker?: The National Security Advisor and Presidential Decision Making. Texas A&M University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781603441025.
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, National Security Policy, Volume XIX". Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ Lay, James S.; Johnson, Robert H. (1960). Organizational history of the National Security Council during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency. p. 40.
- ^ Weisman, Steven R. (January 2, 1982). "Reagan Replacing Security Advisor, Officials Report". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-alton-g-keel-jr-be-the-permanent-united-states-representative-the-council-the
- ^ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/09/Newly-appointed-national-security-adviser-Frank-Carlucci-is-planning/6843534488400/
- ^ a b c The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 33.
- ^ "Key Members of Obama-Biden National Security Team Announced" (Press release). The Office of the President-Elect. December 1, 2008. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Donilon to Replace Jones as National Security Adviser". CNN. October 2010. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ a b c Wilson, Scott; Lynch, Colum (June 5, 2013). "National Security Team Shuffle May Signal More Activist Stance at White House". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017.
- ^ "Biden to Appoint Jake Sullivan as National Security Adviser". CBS News.
Further reading
- Falk, Stanley L., "The National Security Council under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy". Political Science Quarterly 79.3 (1964): 403–434. online
- George, Robert Z. and Rishikof, Harvey, eds., The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth (2nd ed.: Georgetown University Press, 2017). 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. Online
- Rothkopf, David, Running the world: The inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power. (PublicAffairs, 2009).