National Security Council

Samuel Berger - Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Lieutenant General Donald L. Kerrick - Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Mara Rudman - Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Establishment of the National Security Council

The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 - 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Later in 1949, as part of the Reorganization Plan, the Council was placed in the Executive Office of the President.



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50th Anniversary - NS Act of 1947

NSC 50th Anniversary

History of the NSC; 1947-1997

Japan - America Society, October 1996


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