The NSC Staff: New Choices for a New Administration

Authors

R.D. Hooker , Jr.

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Description

Early in every new administration, the President and his national security team are inundated with studies offering advice on how to organize for national security. Many propose sweeping changes in the size, structure, and mission of the National Security Council (NSC) staff, the fulcrum of national security decisionmaking. However attractive superficially, organizational tinkering is unlikely to drive better performance. This paper argues that structure and process are less important than leadership and the quality of NSC staffing. No duty rises higher than the President’s call to defend the Constitution and the people and territory it nourishes. That duty will be tested early and often. An NSC staff that is up to the task will play an enormous role in keeping the United States safe.

Publication Date

11-2016

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Hooker, R.D. , Jr., "The NSC Staff: New Choices for a New Administration" (2016). Strategic Monographs. 9.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-monographs/9