United States National Security Advisor

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United States federal government position national security advisor role

The United States National Security Advisor is a senior official in the Executive Office of the President who coordinates national security and foreign policy strategy and advises the president on related matters.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Security Advisor	6
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs	2
National Security Advisor (United States)	1
National Security Advisor of the United States	1
National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States	1
Office of the National Security Advisor	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government position ⓘ national security advisor role ⓘ
advises	President of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States National Security Advisor ⓘ surface form: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentMethod	presidential appointment without Senate confirmation ⓘ
authority	derives authority from proximity to the president ⓘ
chairs	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council Principals Committee (in practice or by delegation)
coordinates	interagency national security process ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ surface form: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
field	defense policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ intelligence policy ⓘ national security policy ⓘ
formationYear	1953 ⓘ
hasCabinetRank	sometimes, at presidential discretion ⓘ
influences	United States foreign policy decision-making ⓘ United States national security strategy ⓘ
isCabinetMember	false ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
memberOf	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States National Security Council
originalName	Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ⓘ
oversees	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council staff
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
policyArea	counterterrorism policy ⓘ crisis management ⓘ cybersecurity policy ⓘ homeland security policy (strategic aspects) ⓘ intelligence coordination ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
rank	principal national security advisor to the president ⓘ senior White House official ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor	advising the president on foreign policy matters ⓘ advising the president on national security matters ⓘ coordinating foreign policy strategy ⓘ coordinating national security policy ⓘ overseeing National Security Council staff ⓘ
seat	White House ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ
typicalBackground	foreign policy experience ⓘ national security experience ⓘ senior government service ⓘ
worksWith	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Director of National Intelligence ⓘ United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States National Security Advisor → alsoKnownAs → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Office of the National Security Advisor to the Vice President → cooperatesWith → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor (United States)

White House Years → coversRole → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

Years of Renewal → depictsRole → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor

National Security Council of the United States → employer → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

West Wing → hasOffice → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the National Security Advisor

Office of the National Security Advisor to the Vice President → hasOfficeHolder → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States

National Security Council of the United States → officeHead → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

book "Years of Upheaval" → portraysRole → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

subject surface form: Years of Upheaval

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor

Brent Scowcroft → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

subject surface form: Colin Powell

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor of the United States

Condoleezza Rice → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

Heinz → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

subject surface form: Heinz Alfred Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

Henry → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Kissinger

John Bolton → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

Zbigniew Brzezinski → positionHeld → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

National Security Council communications staff → reportsTo → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor

West Wing → usedBy → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor

National Economic Council → worksWith → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor

White House Chief of Staff → worksWith → United States National Security Advisor ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Security Advisor