National Security Council
Noun
Meaning
a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
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After working for months with the White House to edit, rewrite or remove sensitive information, Bolton's lawyer says his client received a verbal clearance from classification expert Ellen Knight at the National Security Council.
According to the National Security Council, more than 550 Taliban prisoners have been released by the government earlier, bringing the total to 648.
Afghanistan’s National Security Council spokesperson Javed Faisal and Taliban sources earlier said the “reduction in violence” between US, Taliban and Afghan security forces would begin on Saturday.
After the crisis, President John F. Kennedy ordered an investigation of national security communications, and the National Security Council (NSC) formed an interdepartmental committee to examine the communications networks and institute changes.
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, tweets that the nuclear deal “will die forever” by “circumventing 2231 Resolution & continuing Iran’s illegal weapons sanction.”
Among those participating in the committee are the police, armed forces, General Operations Force, National Security Council, Royal Customs Departments.