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U.S. National Security

U.S. National Security. Inside the White House (Continued). Roles of the President. Head of State Head of Government / Chief Executive Commander-in-Chief Chief Diplomat Chief Legislator Chief of Party. The President. Goals Reelection / legacy Policy goals

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U.S. National Security

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  1. U.S. National Security Inside the White House (Continued)

  2. Roles of the President • Head of State • Head of Government / Chief Executive • Commander-in-Chief • Chief Diplomat • Chief Legislator • Chief of Party

  3. The President • Goals • Reelection / legacy • Policy goals • Representing the people, upholding the constitution • Other factors in success?

  4. President and the People

  5. Presidential Aggrandizement • “Taken by and large, the history of the Presidency is a history of aggrandizement.” -Edward Corwin

  6. Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 • 1924: enters into effect • Requires the *president* to draft the annual federal budget • Creates the Bureau of the Budget (BoB) to help the small presidential staff with the task • 1939: FDR creates the Executive Office of the President (EOP) • 1939: BoB moves from Treasury to the EOP

  7. The National Security Bureaucracy • National Security Act of 1947 • Created 5 institutions • Department of Defense (DOD) and SECDEF • Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and CJCS • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • U.S. Air Force • National Security Council (NSC)

  8. National Security Council (NSC) • Creation in 1947 • Responding to the growing role of the US in the world and the resulting need for a formal mechanism to govern that role • Elevated military concerns to the stature of diplomatic concerns • The National Security Act - not specific about how the NSC would operate

  9. NSC Evolves • Eisenhower - military advisory board • Kennedy - not used as much • Johnson - expanded with Vietnam • Nixon/Ford - begins to take current shape

  10. NSC Structure • Organization - result of path dependence and presidential preference, not legislative mandate • Structure • NSC - 4 permanent members + others, as designated by president • Principals Committee • Deputies Committee • Policy Coordinating Committees

  11. NSC • What did you learn about the NSC from the articles? • What qualities make a good National Security Advisor?

  12. Doug Lamborn (CO-R) • “[Susan Rice] showed no critical thinking, she showed no independent thought, and we need those qualities in a National Security Advisor.”

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