National Security Decision Making Structure

Department of War (Army) Pre-1947 Structure President Department of State Department of War (Army) Department of the Navy

National Security Act of 1947 Department of Defense US Air Force Joint Chiefs of Staff Central Intelligence Agency National Security Council

State Department (1789 – no change) State Dept home page Organization Embassies Careers Nations (includes background notes)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/dos/99494.htm

Department of Defense (1947) The Pentagon

http://odam.defense.gov/omp/Functions/Organizational_Portfolios/Organization_and_Functions_Guidebook.html

Civilian Control of the Military Chain of Command President SecDef Combatant Commander

DoD Structure DoD Organization The Department of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff JCS Structure United States Army United States Navy Navy Structure United States Marine Corps United States Air Force Unified Command Plan Defense Intelligence Agency National Security Agency (NSA) Defense Science Board publications

Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Staff (Purple Suited) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chief of Staff of the Army Chief of Naval Operations Chief of Staff of the Air Force Commandant of the Marine Corps Joint Staff (Purple Suited)

Goldwater-Nichols Act (1986) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chief of Staff of the Army Chief of Naval Operations Chief of Staff of the Air Force Commandant of the Marine Corps Joint Staff

Central Intelligence Agency (1947)

Intelligence Failures 1998-2003 Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004

Intelligence Community

Intelligence Community Links Director of National Intelligence (2005) ODNI Structure DNI National Intelligence Strategy (2005) National Intelligence Council National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB). Central Intelligence Agency (1947) World Factbook CIA list of World Leaders and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments CIA-sponsored page of links on intelligence issues Freedom of Information Act details for CIA documents

Department of Homeland Security 2003 Secretary of Homeland Security Structure

Congressional Oversight House Armed Services Committee House Committee on Foreign Affairs House Select Committee on Homeland Security House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Senate Committee on Armed Services Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Government Accountability Office (GAO) CRS Reports through the Federation of American Scientists

Coordination among agencies/departments Decision Making Coordination among agencies/departments Interagency Process

National Security Council, 1947 (Current; there have been modifications) Members of NSC President Vice President Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Secretary of Energy (added 2007) Any others the President wishes to add Advisors to NSC Chair JCS DNI

Directives on Organization and Process of the National Security Council LBJ: NSAM 341 Nixon: NSDM 1, NSDM 2, NSDM 3 Ford: NSDM 265 Carter: PD 1, PD 2, PD 3 Reagan: NSDD 1, NSDD 2 GHW Bush: NSD 1, NSD 2 Clinton: PPD/NSC 1, PDD/NSC 2 GW Bush: NSPD 1 Obama: PPD 1 Trump: NSPM 2

Evolution of NSC Staff NSC Staff as President’s personal foreign policy staff Professionals National Security Adviser as the President’s number one adviser Began with JFK

Obama NSC Staff Structure Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Assistant to the President and Deputy for National Security Affairs Assistant to the President, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council and Chief of Staff Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication for Strategic Planning Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Transnational Issues Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Issues Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Gulf States Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South Asia Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economics Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Israel, Egypt, and the Levant Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for North Africa and Yemen Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia

Presidential Management of National Security Decisions Premises Advisers compete Organizations compete $, power, turf Presidents want to manage the process Coordination and control Trust speed

How President’s Manage Decision Making Standard Model Nixon centralization Standard Model with Management Problems Standard Model with Strong Management

1. Standard NSC Committee Structure (Based on Ike Model and Bush 41) Staff NSC Principals Committee NSC Deputies Committee NSC Interagency Policy Comm. (Asst. Sec) NSC Interagency Policy Comm. (Asst. Sec) NSC Interagency Policy Comm (Asst. Sec) NSC Interagency Policy Comm (Asst. Sec)

Typical NSC Membership President Vice President Secretaries of State, Defense, Energy, Attorney General, Treasury Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Deputy Assistant to the Pres. for National Security Affairs Advisors to NSC Chair JCS DNI

Principals Committee Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Chair) Secretaries of State, Defense, Energy, Attorney General, Treasury Deputy Assistant to the Pres. for National Security Affairs Advisors to NSC Chair JCS DNI

Deputies Committee Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Chair) Deputy Secretaries or Principal Undersecretaries of State, Defense, Energy, Attorney General, Treasury Advisors to NSC Vice Chair JCS Deputy DNI

Assistant Secretary-Level IA Groups Bush 41/43: PCC; Clinton: IWG; Obama: IPC Middle East IPC (an example) Chair: Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Middle East (NSC Staff) Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Assistant Sec of Defense for International Security Affairs Joint Staff Representative (J-5) Director of CIA Office for Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Development, Stabilization and Humanitarian Assistance (NSC Staff)

IA Process Formal Paper Flow Presidential Review Memos and Directives NSC NSC PC NSC DC Departments and Agencies Departments and Agencies NSC IPC

2. Nixon-Kissinger Decision Making: Centralization Standard NSC Process RN-HAK Process (by 1971) President Nixon National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, chairing most NSC Committees; NSC staffers chair Asst Sec level IA Committees NSC NSC Staff NSC Committees Deputy/Undersec level and Asst Sec Level NSC Staff Depts. and Agencies Depts. and Agencies

3. Standard Model with Management Problems Carter-Reagan-Bush 43: Rivalry Dominates For cabinet Government-style NSC process to work, the President must make it work!

4. Standard Model -- Strong Management GHW Bush Formal and Informal System NSC Gang of Eight (Bush, Quayle, Baker, Cheney, Scowcroft, Gates, Powell, Sununu) Breakfast Group (Baker, Cheney, Scowcroft) (Role of DC as the “insulation”) NSC Staff NSC PC NSC DC NSC PCC NSC PCC NSC PCC

Evolution Model Standard formal interagency process President or senior adviser perceives that changes are needed in the process Admin begins debate *narrowing of participation about adjustments in the *increase in informal and decision making process ad-hoc decision making *bypassing of the formal IA process  

Why does the process evolve? Pressure to speed up the pace of decision (economy principle) political pressure (principle of political time) learning about advisers and/or the strengths and weaknesses of the process (learning principle) 

Three Structures Evolve Formal Interagency Informal Confidence Structure Structure Structure President President President NSC Informal Group First-among-equals that includes the adviser President Cabinet and Sub-cabinet Informal Group Important advisers IA Committees that does not include the president

Three Structures in GW Bush Formal Interagency Informal Confidence Structure Structure Structure President President President NSC Bush, Cheney, Cheney, Rice (1st) Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice (2nd) Rice, Card, Hughes, (Rove, Hughes) Rove, Hadley NSC PC, NSC DC Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld/Gates NSC PCCs Rumsfeld, Rice lunch Hadley

Three Structures in Obama Formal Interagency Informal Confidence Structure Structure Structure President President President NSC Obama, Biden, Donilon, McDonough, Clinton, Gates, Rhodes Jones, Donilon, Rice (2nd) McDonough, Rhodes NSC PC, NSC DC Clinton, Gates, Biden, Clinton/Kerry, NSC IPCs Jones lunch Gates/Panetta/Hagel