Talk:National Security Advisor (United States)

Days?
Why switch this to days? Are we doing every other page in days and not dates? Really?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.39.76 (talk) 03:02, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Untitled
Why should you care what other people write? You shouldn't delete it because obviously it is something that person wanted to say. HmG

Independence
"The National Security Advisor is appointed by the President without confirmation by the United States Senate. As such, he or she is not connected to the bureaucratic politics of the Departments of State and Defense, and is therefore able to offer independent advice." Surely by removing the confirmatory step, independence is removed completely? Here is a contradiction in this article: The NSA is appointed without confirmation, and Condi Rice was confirmed by a vote of the Senate.


 * She was confirmed by the Senate as Sec of State, not the NSA post.HammerFilmFan (talk) 20:00, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Spelling
I believe it's Adviser not Advisor, at least that's what C-Span was displaying when they were showing a conference with Zbigniew Brzezinski the former National Security Adviser under President Jimmy Carter. I would like to suggest that this be changed. Dog Face Charlie 20:37, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I was going to second you on that since my in-browser spell checker flagged advisor as a misspelling. Adviser and Advisor are both correct spellings for 'counselor', but I do believe the spelling with the 'o' is correct for this office. In Google searches, it looks like advisor (84,000,000 results) is more common than adviser (34,500,000), but "national security adviser" (1,070,000) betters "national security advisor" (937,000).  Both spellings are available on official US government websites.  When searching only *.gov sites, "national security advisor" beats out the "adviser" version 56,400 to 13,300.  Whitehouse.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ has "national security advisor" in several places, so I think it's best to keep it like it is until someone can track do a more reliable source that states the official spelling of this office. Or maybe we should change it to the really official "Assistant to the President For National Security Affairs". LinguistAtLarge 00:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * While both spellings are correct, Associated Press style favors "adviser," for what it's worth. Whichever is chosen, I believe the article should be consistent in its spelling. Mikehillman (talk) 19:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Fictional portrayals
Is this section really necessary? It's almost as long as the list of real National Security Advisors! The Wikipedia article on "President of the United States" does not list everyone who every portrayed an actual or fictional President so why should this article be loaded down with references to "24" and Tom Clancy novels/movies? Doesn't Wikipedia discourage trivia lists in its articles? Mtminchi08 (talk) 06:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

National security Assistant
It looks like the initial job title was National security assistant and per the footnote on page 568 it changed to National Security Adviser during the Kennedy administration.

Also, I noticed the author of that book used "National Security Adviser" rather than "National Security Advisor." The phrase appears only once in this book and in a footnote.

Google Books for 1950 to 1970 is split with 43 hits for "adviser" and 51 hits for "advisor". --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 08:51, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Donilon departure not until July
Donilon's departure is not effective until EARLY JULY. Why is this article saying Rice is in as of June 5th? Why is Donilon's picture already replaced by Rice's? The White House made the ANNOUNCEMENT today. The actual switch will take place in July. Thus I'm reverting to the old page before the Rice additions were made and am adding a sentence about Rice's appointment to the lede. Once the transition officially takes place, then this page can be modified include Rice's portrait and infobox with her information. ask123 (talk) 13:12, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * The present solution with Donilon in the infobox, but with Rice in the list as designate, is appropriate. RicJac (talk) 16:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Brent Scowcroft aging


I suggest first Brent Scowcroft term to use this picture (or crop it) rather than the 2009 one. Barraki (talk) 08:56, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

List Party Color Designation
Should the color designation on the list correspond to the party of the President or the party of the NSA? Flynn is a registered Democrat, but served a Republican administration as NSA to Trump. I've set it as red at the moment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.23.59.200 (talk) 21:25, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Flynn first Democrat to advise a Republican
As the National Security Advisor, I think that is notable. 70.44.154.16 (talk) 22:02, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Swearing in
Hasn't McMaster been sworn in as National Security Advisor, yet? GoodDay (talk) 03:39, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Numbering Wrong
Robert Cutler is the 1st and 3rd NSA, not 1st and 4th (as his Wiki profile says). Hence, every NSA after him is numbered wrong - current NSA Jake Sullivan is listed as the 29th, when he is the 28th. CityPride (talk) 17:00, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the Cutler and Sullivan bio's. Feel free to correct the others. - wolf  18:43, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

What is a Senate reconfirmation of military rank?
It says in the lead that if a three- or four-starvgeneral is apointed to the role, this requires a reconfirmation of the military rank by the Senate. What does this mean? What do the Senate do when it reconfirms a rank and why would this be necessary for these ranks in particular? Bandy långe (talk) 21:19, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * It's right in the source linked to: "All generals of this rank are appointed to their posts by the president and Senate-confirmed, so a change in post -- in this instance from Director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center to national security adviser -- requires that the Senate reconfirm McMaster’s rank as a three-star general." The president can appoint a lower ranking general without confirmation, but generals at the 3 and 4 star levels require senate confirmation. As to why, I'm not sure, but that is the law as it stands.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 20:17, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * See also: Lieutenant_general_(United_States) and General_(United_States). --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 20:27, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Hiy 41.86.38.169 (talk) 14:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Robert Cutler Photo
Robert Cutler was the first NSA, serving two terms in the 1950s. However the photo used is his official military portrait from WWI. Is there a more appropriate photo that depicts him around the age he was in office, rather than as a much younger man? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.114.123.241 (talk) 15:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)