National Security Council

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

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