National Security Council - Obama Presidency Oral History Back National Security Council Index / Organizations Transcripts Michelle Gavin ...and senior director for Africa on the National Security Council [NSC]. Gavin was a Rhodes scholar a... ...on the National Security Council [ NSC ]. Gavin was a Rhodes scholar a... ...come run the Africa directorate at the NSC . Packed up my apartment and my bab... Gayle Smith ...for development and democracy at the National Security Council [NSC], and as special assistant t... ...at the National Security Council [ NSC ], and as special assistant t... ...director for African Affairs at the National Security Council . Before her work on the NSC, Smit... ...Council. Before her work on the NSC , Smith founded the sustainabl... ...of USAID, and then moved into the National Security Council in 1998. Wow. But the first part, ... ...He made two trips while I was on the National Security Council for Africa. One was that big trip wher... ...We made some changes to the National Security Council , which, typically, an administratio... ...called directorates, the teams in the NSC . There had been a directorate o... ...the day-to-day. We had the lead on the NSC of all the humanitarian crises aroun... ...assistant to the president, and the National Security Council is, in essence, his staff, your job i... ...high level, because to work in the NSC , you have to have that. But if you'r... ...We created a new directorate at the NSC , and developed, basically, a playboo... Show more... Jay Carney ...for years. He had been in the Clinton NSC [National Security Council], first as ... ...years. He had been in the Clinton NSC [ National Security Council ], first as a relatively junior staffe... ...were pushing; a lot of work with the NSC , communications staff, as well as th... ...communications shop their own handle, National Security Council press shop their own handle. We ha... ...Plouffe did too—from Ben Rhodes in National Security Council , who's the comms head of Nationa... Neil Eggleston ...Everybody else who was a lawyer at the NSC [National Security Council] was on th... ...else who was a lawyer at the NSC [ National Security Council ] was on the NSC payroll. But even mor... ...[National Security Council] was on the NSC payroll. But even more than that, the... ...me.” Then we have a meeting with the National Security Council . They briefed me on issues that ar... ...me on issues that are coming up in the National Security Council meeting, and if it's a Nationa... ...Security Council meeting, and if it's a National Security Council meeting, that means by definition th... Show more... Dan Pfeiffer ...Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, National Security Council . They give you the org charts of th... ...approved by various departments and the National Security Council . And then a prep session immediatel... ...happened with China, someone from the National Security Council who could answer the president'... Eric Holder ...of the national security apparatus and National Security Council . So whenever there was a meeting o... Alan Bersin ...with the Justice Department and the National Security Council [NSC] in terms of responding to thi... ...and the National Security Council [ NSC ] in terms of responding to this crisi... ...with a real coordinating element at the National Security Council that brought resources to bear but... ...Homeland Security coordinator at the National Security Council , took a trip—which I supported hi... ...that then was very well received at the National Security Council and then by the president. What wer... ...on Mexico, and he had moved over to the National Security Council . We really partnered on this, DHS... ...was a Mexico expert. Working with the National Security Council and State, we really came up with th... ...supporting the State Department, the National Security Council , got very much involved in the U... ...was given from the White House and the National Security Council through the homeland securit... ...Department and the direction of the National Security Council facilitated this so-calle... ...State Department was involved and the National Security Council . But the hammering out of thos... Show more... Josh Earnest ...who worked closely with Ben at the NSC [National Security Council], who was ... ...worked closely with Ben at the NSC [ National Security Council ], who was a native Spanish speaker—wa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Public Health Public Health go to the Russia Russia go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the East Wing East Wing