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    <AgencyName>National Security Council</AgencyName>
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        <Address>Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20504</Address>
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            <NameColumnValue>Barack Obama</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Joseph R. Biden, Jr.</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>John F. Kerry</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>The Secretary of State</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Charles T. Hagel</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James R. Clapper</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, USA</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Jacob J. Lew</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Denis R. McDonough</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Warren N. Eggleston</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Susan E. Rice</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Jeffrey D. Zients</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Susan E. Rice</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Antony J. Blinken</NameColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>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.).</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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 National 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.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the National Security Council, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20504. Phone, 202-456-1414.</Footer>
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      <WebAddress>http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc</WebAddress>
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