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Membership of the National Security Council
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 advisor to the Council, and the Director of Central
Intelligence is the intelligence advisor. 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 the Office of National Drug
Control Policy attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdiction; other
officials are invited, as appropriate.
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