NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL


Meaning of NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL in English

U.S. agency that advises the president on domestic, foreign, and military policies related to national security.

With the Central Intelligence Agency , it was established by the 1947 National Security Act. It provides the White House with a foreign-policy-making instrument independent of the State Department. It has four members

the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense

and its staff is headed by the national security adviser.

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