[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 100-101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




National Security Council

Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20506
Phone, 202-456-1414
Members:                                           

The President                                    William J. Clinton
The Vice President                               Albert Gore, Jr.
The Secretary of State                           Warren M. Christopher
The Secretary of Defense                         William J. Perry

Statutory Advisers:                                

Director of Central Intelligence                 John M. Deutch
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff                  Gen. John M. 
                                                     Shalikashvili, USA

Standing Participants:                             

The Secretary of the Treasury                    Robert E. Rubin
U.S. Representative to the United Nations        Madeleine K. Albright
Chief of Staff to the President                  Leon E. Panetta
Assistant to the President for National          Anthony Lake
    Security Affairs
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy   Laura D. Tyson

Officials:                                         

Assistant to the President for National          Anthony Lake
    Security Affairs
Deputy Assistants to the President for National  Samuel R. Berger
    Security Affairs
                                                 Nancy E. Soderberg
Executive Secretary                              Andrew D. Sens
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The National Security Council was established by the National Security 
Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 402). The Council was placed in the 
Executive Office of the President by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1949 
(5 U.S.C. app.).
    The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its 
statutory members, in addition to the President, are the Vice President 
and the Secretaries of State and Defense. The Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military adviser to the 

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Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is its intelligence 
adviser. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to the 
United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the 
Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the 
Council. The Attorney General is invited to attend meetings pertaining 
to her jurisdiction; other officials are invited, as appropriate.
    The Council advises and assists the President in integrating all 
aspects of national security policy as it affects the United States--
domestic, foreign, military, intelligence, and economic--in conjunction 
with the National Economic Council.
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