National Security Council

noun

U.S. Government.

1. 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. NSC

National Security Council

1. 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.

Example Sentences

“This administration is looking for partners and not allies,” said Avner Golov, former senior director for foreign policy at Israel’s National Security Council.

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"I think this booklet actually shows our determination of defending ourselves," said Lin Fei-fan, deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council.

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“Our lead is probably in the ‘months but not years’ realm,” said Chris McGuire, who helped design U.S. export controls on AI chips while serving on the National Security Council under the Biden administration.

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Over the coming days, the group would become known as the Executive Committee of the National Security Council—ExComm for short.

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The best evidence of that sordid policy comes from Kissinger’s own National Security Council files, including near-verbatim transcripts of his face-to-face negotiations with communist leaders.

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