National Security Council - Obama Presidency Oral History Back National Security Council Index / Organizations Transcripts Mark Lippert ...2009 he served as chief of staff to the National Security Council [NSC]. In 2012 to 2013 he was assistan... ...to the National Security Council [ NSC ]. In 2012 to 2013 he was assistan... ...that Denis ended up with, which was the NSC strategic communications person. So i... ...So, we were trying to build in the NSC , and there were lots of opinions o... ...and got supplemental funding for the NSC at some point, because basically... ...we were running a deficit at the NSC ? It was this strange situation. So w... ...first weeks as chief of staff of the National Security Council , what were you tackling? What were th... ...of relationship did he have with the National Security Council staff? I'm thinking, he comes into th... ...people ended up making it over to the National Security Council . He had some familiarity with those... ...early weeks. You were there at the National Security Council for most of that first year. I want t... ...Seeing the way Obama interacted with National Security Council staff in—whether it was issues tha... ...discussing any of the dynamics on the National Security Council as they related to process? First... ...called Jeff Bader, who was still at the NSC . And he said, “I was involved wit... ...He was chief of staff of the National Security Council staff, assistant secretary of defens... ...two meetings, getting him ready for a Principals Committee meeting on North Korea. I do the on... ...I mean, I had all this stuff at the NSC , but you get more into the DOD side... ...Sung Kim.” I think Danny was at the NSC at the time, so I dropped it. And the... ...who was a great ally at the NSC , Denis McDonough as the White Hous... Show more... Anne-Marie Slaughter ...just wasn't open to her. White House National Security Council [NSC] staffs and State Department... ...White House National Security Council [ NSC ] staffs and State Departments alway... ...when I was out of government—that the NSC allow a job share. No, they didn't wan... ...Economic Council as much as the National Security Council —any of those top jobs. I'd basicall... Samantha Power ...affairs in human rights on the National Security Council [NSC]. She worked on Obama's 200... ...on the National Security Council [ NSC ]. She worked on Obama's 2008 campaig... ...do want to get to your time joining the National Security Council . But first, I want to ask abou... ...chart. It has a salary. Just tell the National Security Council chief of staff. You'll be fine. It's ... ...struck in talking to people about NSC work, how much is—there is this balanc... ...affairs and human rights on the National Security Council . She also worked on Obama's 200... ...advisor for human rights, and on the NSC staff we also had Dennis Ross, who wa... ...a coincidence that our meeting of the NSC on the Egyptian revolution with th... Show more... Ryan Crocker ...day in office. Then it would be an NSC [National Safety Council] meeting, a... Brett McGurk ...Affairs, a special adviser to the National Security Council [NSC] staff, and as senior adviser t... ...to the National Security Council [ NSC ] staff, and as senior adviser t... ...North Africa on President Joe Biden's National Security Council . In today's interview, we will not b... ...to this succeeding. We probably had an NSC at least every couple of weeks. So i... ...off to President Trump—and we had an NSC the day before the inauguration. ... ...guess I can end on this, but the NSC , with President Obama—the day befor... Show more... Colin Kahl ...hoping that I would go and work on the National Security Council [NSC]. And in a world where Iraq wa... ...work on the National Security Council [ NSC ]. And in a world where Iraq was it... ...a kind of a white paper to the NSC outlining three different options fo... ...whole world was a Bush holdover at the National Security Council , Elissa Slotkin, who's now ... ...who had a been a director on the NSC staff for Iraq during the Bus... ...Israeli and Palestinian issues at the NSC —arguing that the Obama administratio... ...Samantha Power, who was then at the NSC , and Susan Rice, who was at the tim... ...Slotkin earlier. She had been at the National Security Council . She then went over to be a senio... ...was being worked formally through that National Security Council process. So it was just kind o... ...for a Deputies Committee meeting, or a Principals Committee meeting, or a National Security Counci... ...or a Principals Committee meeting, or a National Security Council meeting. But the issues that the Offic... Show more... Ash Carter ...as it later proved, because as the NSC [National Security Council] meetin... ...it later proved, because as the NSC [ National Security Council ] meeting wears into the evening... Johnnie Carson ...the CIA, and the White House National Security Council [NSC] staff. It also involves OM... ...White House National Security Council [ NSC ] staff. It also involves OMB [Offic... ...president. It was not there. But at the National Security Council staff, it was excellent, and couldn'... ...were pretty clear. Strong team at the NSC led at the Africa side by Michell... ...senior advisor for Africa on the NSC . Michelle Gavin instituted this ide... ...its inception. We were asked by the NSC and the White House to put this progra... Show more... 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