Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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President Donald Trump was briefed on the reforms earlier this month alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and senior National Security Council officials.
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
As the journalist Nahal Toosi has documented in Politico, the National Security Council, which is supposed to coordinate security policy across the federal government and agencies, has cut its staff by more than half.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Hill served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, speaks during a press conference after his meeting with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
As the journalist Nahal Toosi has documented in Politico, the National Security Council, which is supposed to coordinate security policy across the federal government and agencies, has cut its staff by more than half.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Hill served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, speaks during a press conference after his meeting with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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