    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Pages 96-97]
    [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                                Al Gore
    The Secretary of State                            Madeleine K. Albright
    The Secretary of Defense                          William S. Cohen

    Statutory Advisers:

    Director of Central Intelligence                  George J. Tenet,
                                                              Acting
    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         Bill Richardson
    Chief of Staff to the President                   Erskine B. Bowles
    Assistant to the President for National Security  Samuel R. Berger
            Affairs
    Assistant to the President for Economic Policy    Gene Sperling

    Officials:

    Assistant to the President for National Security  Samuel R. Berger
            Affairs
    Deputy Assistants to the President for National   Donald L. Kerrick,
            Security Affairs                            James B. Steinberg
    Executive Secretary                               Glyn T. Davies

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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 and the Director of National Drug Control
    Policy are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdictions;
    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.

    For further information, contact the National Security Council, Old
    Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-456-1414.

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