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Summary: The National Security Policy Process:
The National Security Council and Interagency System
By
Alan G. Whittaker, Ph.D
Shannon A. Brown, Ph.D
Frederick C. Smith,
and Ambassador Elizabeth McKune
Annual Update: August 15, 2011
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Table of Contents
The National Security Policy Process: The National Security Council and
Interagency System ..............................................................................................5
EVOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM ....................................6
NSC ORGANIZATION........................................................................................12
National Security Staff ........................................................................................19
Homeland Security Council ................................................................................20
National Economic Council .................................................................................23
NSC POLICY PROCESS....................................................................................24
The National Security Advisor and the Policy Process .......................................25
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