Council Quote by Greg Miller

The National Security Council assists the president by ensuring that he receives the best views and options from the various departments and agencies on…

— Robert C. O'Brien

I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council.…

— Hans Blix

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American…

— Oliver North

How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process in the…

— Barack Obama

My job as the national security adviser is to distill and present to the president the views and options that come from the various…

— Robert C. O'Brien

I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.

— Leon Panetta

The National Security Act of 1947 - which established the National Security Council - laid the foundation for a deliberate, multitiered process, managed by…

— Antony Blinken

If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place…

— Mitch McConnell

While some national security advisers have eschewed the Scowcroft Model and sought to 'operationalize' the NSC or pursue their own policy agendas without regard…

— Robert C. O'Brien

President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

— Randy Neugebauer

National security advisors, like White House Chiefs of Staff, their job generally if they're - if they're competent and qualified and effective is to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security Council are…

— Chuck Hagel