Ability Quote by Leon Panetta

One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth…

— Leon Panetta

National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he gets to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

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

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

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

That's the job of the National Security Council is to try to be a disciplined clearinghouse, gathering the views from across multiple agencies, teeing…

— 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

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

We need more personnel within our security agencies.

— Wolfgang Schauble

Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more…

— Dennis C. Blair

Unfortunately, once a person who is willing to act against the interests of the United States assumes the awesome powers of the presidency, the…

— Asha Rangappa

There's so many things, when you're in national security, that you do that aren't perfect, but you do them because you think you're doing…

— Elissa Slotkin