[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 1999]
[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
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff                   Gen. Henry H. Shelton, 
                                                          USA

Standing Participants:                              

The Secretary of the Treasury                     Robert E. Rubin
U.S. Representative to the United Nations         Peter Burleigh, Acting
Chief of Staff to the President                   John Podesta
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

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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 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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