[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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