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From the Government Manual Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
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National Security Council

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20504

Phone, 202-456-1414
Members:

The President                                     George W. Bush
The Vice President                                Dick Cheney
The Secretary of State                            Condoleezza Rice
The Secretary of Defense                          Robert M. Gates

Statutory Advisers:

Director of National Intelligence                 Mike McConnell
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff                   Gen. Peter Pace, USMC

Standing Participants:

The Secretary of the Treasury                     Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President                   Joshua B. Bolton
Counsel to the President                          Fred Fielding
Assistant to the President for National Security  Stephen J. Hadley
        Affairs
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy    Allan B. Hubbard

Officials:

Assistant to the President for National Security  Stephen J. Hadley
        Affairs
Assistant to the President for National Security  Jack D. Crouch II
        Affairs and Deputy National Security
        Adviser
Executive Secretary                               V. Phillip V. Lago

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The National Security Council was established by the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 402). The Council was placed in the
Executive Office of the President by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1949
(5 U.S.C. app.).
    The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its
statutory members, in addition to the President, are the Vice President
and the Secretaries of State and Defense. The Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military adviser to the Council, and
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is its intelligence
adviser. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to the
United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the
Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the
Council. The Attorney General and the Director of National Drug Control
Policy are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdictions;
other officials are invited, as appropriate.
    The Council advises and assists the President in integrating all
aspects of national security policy as it affects the United States--
domestic, foreign, military, intelligence, and economic--in conjunction
with the National Economic Council.


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For further information, contact the National Security Council, Old
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20504. Phone, 202-456-1414.

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