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| | The '''Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs''', known as the '''National Security Advisor''', is a senior official who serves as the chief adviser to the President of the United States on [[national security]] issues. The National Scurity Advisor participates in the meetings of the [[National Security Council]] and heads up the [[White House]] NSC staff.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080306022217/http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/</ref> | | The '''Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs''', known as the '''National Security Advisor''', is a senior official who serves as the chief adviser to the President of the United States on [[national security]] issues. The National Scurity Advisor participates in the meetings of the [[National Security Council]] and heads up the [[White House]] NSC staff.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080306022217/http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/</ref> |
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| | + | ==Former National Security Advisors== |
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| | + | * [[Robert Cutler]]—1953–1955 |
| | + | * [[Dillon Anderson]]—1955–1956 |
| | + | * [[William Harding Jackson]]—1956 |
| | + | * Robert Cutler—1957–1958 |
| | + | * [[Gordon Gray]]—1958–1961 |
| | + | * [[McGeorge Bundy]]—1961–1966 |
| | + | * [[Walt Whitman Rostow]]—1966–1969 |
| | + | * [[Henry Kissinger]]—1969–1975 |
| | + | * [[Brent Scowcroft]]—1975–1977 |
| | + | * [[Zbigniew Brzeziński]]—1977–1981 |
| | + | * [[Richard V. Allen]]—1981–1982 |
| | + | * [[William P. Clark]]—1982–1983 |
| | + | * [[Robert McFarlane]]—1983–1985 |
| | + | * [[John Poindexter]]—1985–1986 |
| | + | * [[Frank Carlucci]]—1986–1987 |
| | + | * [[Colin Powell]]—1987–1989 |
| | + | * [[Brent Scowcroft]]—1989–1993 |
| | + | * [[Anthony Lake]]—1993–1997 |
| | + | * [[Sandy Berger]]—1997–2001 |
| | + | * [[Condoleezza Rice]]—2001–2005 |
| | + | * [[Stephen Hadley]]—2005–2009 |
| | + | * [[James L. Jones]]—2009–2010 |
| | + | * [[Thomas E. Donilon]]—2010–2013 |
| | + | * [[Susan E. Rice]]—2013–2017 |
| | + | * [[Michael T. Flynn]]—2017 |
| | + | * [[H. R. McMaster]]—2017–2018 |
| | + | * [[John R. Bolton]]—since 2018 |
| | + | </div> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |