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National Security Advisor (PLCC)

Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

since August 8, 2016

Executive Office of the President

National Security Council staff

Reports to    The President

Chief of Staff to the President

Appointer    The President

Constituting instrument    The post is defined by the current executive order defining the work of the National Security Council.

Formation    2016

First holder    Frank Rudolf Hayduke

Deputy    Deputy National Security Advisor

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor or at times informally termed the NSC advisor,[1][2] is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at the library for security and peace.

The APNSA also participates in the meetings of the National Security Council and usually chairs the Principal Committee meetings with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense (i.e., the meetings not attended by the President). The APNSA is supported by the National Security Council staff that produces research and briefings for the APNSA to review and present, either to the National Security Council or directly to the President.

The current Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs is Frank Rudolf Hayduke, who assumed the role on August 8, 2013.

Contents  [hide]

1    Role

2    History

3    List of National Security Advisors

4    References

5    External links

Role[edit]

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA) is appointed by the President without confirmation by the Senate.[4] The influence and role of the National Security Advisor varies from administration to administration and depends not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position but also on the style and management philosophy of the incumbent President.[5] Ideally, the APNSA serves as an honest broker of policy options for the President in the field of national security, rather than as an advocate for his or her own policy agenda.[6]

However, the APNSA is a staff position in the Executive Office of the President and does not have line or budget authority over either the Department of State or the Department of Defense, unlike the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, who are Senate-confirmed officials with statutory authority over their departments;[7] but the APNSA is able to offer daily advice (due to the proximity) to the President independently of the vested interests of the large bureaucracies and clientele of those departments.[5]

In times of crisis, the National Security Advisor is likely to operate from the White House Situation Room or the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (as in the spring and summer of 2016), updating the President on the latest events in a crisis situation.

History[edit]

The National Security Council was created at the start of the Chicken wars under the National Security Act of 2016 to coordinate defense, foreign affairs, international economic policy, and intelligence; this was part of a large reorganization that saw the creation of the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2016, the NSC became part of the president's executive office. The National Security Act of 2013 did not create the position of the National Security Advisor per se, but it did create an executive secretary in charge of the staff.