National Security Council - Obama Presidency Oral History Back National Security Council Index / Organizations Transcripts Michael Froman ...with your colleagues on the National Security Council interagency, and with the president a... ...way. You know, your position was on the National Security Council , although my understanding is you wer... ...about that. But I wanted to ask: On the National Security Council front, to what extent did thes... ...what capacity? I would be present at National Security Council meetings, in the room where sanction... ...But from your time on the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, ar... ...were you working on, on trade, from the National Security Council and National Economic Council, maybe a... ...international economic affairs at the National Security Council and National Economic Council. An... Show more... Antony Blinken ...director for European affairs on the National Security Council [NSC], senior director fo... ...on the National Security Council [ NSC ], senior director for speechwriting... ...of the leads for the transition for the National Security Council . So I spent a good deal of time wit... ...security office with the rest of the National Security Council staff, the president's team, should b... ...that we were fully integrated into the NSC operations that every—any and ever... ...national security issues were that the NSC and the vice president wer... ...Act of 1947 that established the National Security Council , and then really going into high gea... ...So that was the primary driver. The National Security Council process was the primary driver that le... ...issues, but it strikes me that on the National Security Council , there's also tremendous pressure, a... ...important examples of how the National Security Council and how the White House responded t... ...world that you're looking at from the National Security Council and from the White House in 2009 an... ...senior advisor for Asia on the National Security Council staff. They were among the—an... ...this was a very intense period for the National Security Council . Yes. Is that accurate in terms o... ...of time dedicated to the Middle East in National Security Council meetings of one kind or the other—th... ...and deliberate effort made led by the National Security Council to—then ultimately in clos... ...a question about his leadership at the NSC , which we can come back to later on. ... ...was a terrifically strong leader of the NSC and just extraordinarily... Show more... Felice Gorordo ...I had a meeting with the outgoing National Security Council director for Western Hemisphere. And h... ...right before this with the outgoing National Security Council director and the president. Somethin... Wendy Sherman ...called Tony Blinken—who was at the NSC [National Security Council] at th... ...Tony Blinken—who was at the NSC [ National Security Council ] at the time—and I said, “Tony, do yo... ...He, at periodic times, would hold a Principals Committee [of the National Security Council... ...hold a Principals Committee [of the National Security Council ] meeting, or with a small group of us... Leon Panetta ...Obama liked that. He would sit in the National Security Council and listen to that debate, an... ...Guantanamo was dealt with more in the National Security Council , in meetings about, How the hell ar... ...When we brought the plan to the National Security Council and briefed them on the plan, and th... ...who'd gone around that circle, and the National Security Council , that this was a very risky operation... ...at the White House, when we did the National Security Council —a lot of questions raised. You coul... Huma Abedin ...I didn't need to clear it with the NSC [National Security Council]. I didn'... ...didn't need to clear it with the NSC [ National Security Council ]. I didn't need to check with the Wes... ...secure line from my counterpart at the National Security Council , saying, “We're having a meeting abou... Neal Wolin ...time at CIA. I'd spent time at the National Security Council in the Clinton presidency. So th... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere