Foreign policy Quote by Robert C. O'Brien

White House staff are meant to coordinate and set policy, not carry it out.

— Richard N. Haass

What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on policy nor…

— Philip Agee

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

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

The NSC staff should not, as it has in the past, duplicate the work of military officers, diplomats or intelligence officers.

— 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

Federal employees are public servants, not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama, and shouldn't have to decide whether a partisan White House request can…

— Richard Grenell

In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the last 10…

— Edward Snowden

The United Nations is here to provide global guidance and also to help with global frameworks and to set the policies right. But then,…

— Miroslav Lajcak

The military executes policy decisions.

— Jack Keane

There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus.…

— John DiIulio

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