National Security Council

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National Security Council

Eisenhower 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 Lawrence H. Summers

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 Mara Rudman, James B. Security Affairs Steinberg

Executive Secretary Robert Bradtke

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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 Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is its intelligence adviser. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative...