National Security Council

American  

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

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National Security Council Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

The country relies on the military as the only national institution that comes close to being functional, said Juan Cruz, a former National Security Council official in charge of the Western Hemisphere.

From The Wall Street Journal

National Security Council, who warned that such a projection of power into the highly contested Horn of Africa could further destabilize the region.

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Days later, Kellogg got a message from a colleague on the National Security Council: Witkoff had received security clearance for a Moscow trip.

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Rush Doshi, a China specialist who served on the Biden National Security Council, cheered the arms deal as a sign of continuity.

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She quoted the head of the country’s National Security Council as saying such characterizations are misleading, and that violence in the southern Philippines is largely driven by historical conflicts and clan feuds.

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