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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National Security Council

The most well-thought-out example is a Foreign Affairs essay published in August by Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi, who served on the National Security Council during the Biden administration.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

There, he served on a secret National Security Council task force on U.S. control of Greenland, a role first reported by The New Yorker.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a statement that the truce did not “signify the termination of the war.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The state department also revoked status for daughter of former Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larijani.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Given time, legions of men are drawn into the game, both ebony and ivory: the Congo’s CIA station chief, the National Security Council, even the President of the United States.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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