Best Quote by Robert C. O'Brien

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

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

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

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

— Antony Blinken

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

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

When we come into the NSC, everybody has different opinions. At the end of the day, we present the president with all the facts.…

— Nikki Haley

U.S. national security interests are best served when the United Nations effectively fulfills this core purpose.

— Todd Young

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

— Leon Panetta

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

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

In order for the U.N. to be effective, there must be consequences if people thumb their nose at the United Nations Security Council. And…

— George W. Bush