National Security Council
the council, composed of the president, vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that determines means by which domestic, foreign, and military policy can best be integrated for safeguarding the national security. Abbreviation: NSC
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One spokesman for the National Security Council has been emailing reporters Wednesday to tell them that all was fine.
Caitlin Hayden, press secretary for the National Security Council, told The Daily Beast.
White House and National Security Council press staff did not respond to requests for comment.
Obama Stifled Hillary’s Syria Plans and Ignored Her Iraq Warnings for Years | Josh Rogin | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet, when asked specifically about the deal, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan kept her response vague.
The Big Weapons that the U.S. May Be Secretly Supplying to the Syrian Rebels | Thomas Gibbons-Neff | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNational Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden declined to comment on that meeting.
Pentagon Moves to Block Russian Spy Plane in American Skies | Eli Lake | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This effort must always conform to policies laid down in the National Security Council.
Cultural definitions for National Security Council
A committee in the executive branch that advises the president on matters relating to domestic, military, and foreign security. The NSC also directs the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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