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A 3 page paper that discusses the National Security Council: what it is, the law that established it, how it is used by presidents, with some examples. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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with the President as the chairman.2 However this Act also provided for the Central Intelligence Agency, a National Military Establishment and the National Security Resources Board.3 One of the purposes
of the NSC is to act as coordinator to interdepartmental activities.4 Prior to the formation of the NSC, the president relied primarily on a small group of advisors to determine
foreign policy.5 The complexity of the issues President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced and the many different government agencies involved led to the realization that a better more structured institutional arrangement
for both domestic and foreign policy.6 Hence, the National Security Act of 1947. Truman was very familiar with the fragmentation that existed in the military and wanted to unify the
military forces.7 This was an opening for certain high-ranking military officers to propose a system that coordinated military forces with foreign policy.8 While the NSC has been at the center
of foreign policy coordination, its function and role changed with each administration. As this report from the White House9 said: "each administration has sought to develop and perfect a reliable
set of executive institutions to manage national security policy." Each administration has also tried to avoid the errors of the past administration.10 Under the Truman Administration, the NSC was dominated
by the Department of State but under Eisenhowers administration, it was dominated by the military.11 Kennedys NSC was not as structures as either Trumans or Eisenhowers; Kennedy preferred a more
informal advisory system and Johnson allowed the NSC to nearly die.12 Johnson depended almost exclusively on his own National Security Advisor and a number of ad hoc groups that were
comprised of his friends.13 He subsequently turned all responsibilities over to the Secretary of State. The Administrations of both Nixon and Ford placed the major responsibility on Henry Kissinger
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