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Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council: January 20, 2017 April 27, 2018 Fred Fleitz: April 27, 2018 October 15, 2018 [144] Executive Secretary of the National Security Council: Joan Virginia O'Hara November 19, 2018 October 11, 2019 [145] Director of Strategic Planning of the National Security Council Rich Higgins
President George W. Bush during a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the White House Situation Room, March 21, 2003.The participants in the meeting, including Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency George Tenet, National Security Advisor ...
The chief of staff is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president; it does not require Senate confirmation. On November 7, 2024, Trump announced Susie Wiles from Florida as his choice for his chief of staff, having served as his 2024 campaign co-chair. Wiles is the first woman to hold the position. [70]
National Security Act of 1947; Long title: An Act to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned ...
The national security advisor is a staff position in the Executive Office of the President and does not have line or budget authority over either the Department of State or the Department of Defense, unlike the secretary of state and the secretary of defense, who are Senate-confirmed officials with statutory authority over their departments. [7]
The White House cabinet secretary is a high-ranking position within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. [2] The White House cabinet secretary is the head of the Office of Cabinet Affairs (OCA) within the White House Office [2] and the primary liaison between the president of the United States and the Cabinet departments and agencies.
A collegial approach to government decision-making was emphasized in the Reagan administration. The National Security Adviser was downgraded, and the Chief of Staff to the President exercised a coordinating role in the White House. The collegiality among powerful department heads was not successfully maintained and conflicts became public.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Ford share a laugh in a Cabinet meeting, 1975. Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on January 15, 1976. During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld oversaw the transition to an all-volunteer military.