National Security Council Deputies Committee

The National Security Council Deputies Committee is a committee of the United States National Security Council comprising the deputies to senior members of the United States Cabinet. Outside the cabinet, it is the highest level interagency committee dealing with issues of national security. The committee was established in 1989 by incoming president, George H. W. Bush, and retained by his successors Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as an instrument of policy.

Council members include:^[1]

• the Deputy National Security Advisor (Chairman)
• the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

and may include as required:

• the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• the Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
• the Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

References

1. Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq, 2004 - X. White Paper on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs, p. 287, footnote 35

External links

• NSPD-1 - Organization of the National Security Council System, 13 February, 2001