What is United States National Security Council?
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{NSA surveillance}} The [[White House]] '''National Security Council''' ('''NSC''') in the [[United States]] is the principal forum used by the [[President of the United States|President]] for considering [[national security]] and [[Foreign policy of the United States|foreign policy]] matters with his senior [[National Security Advisor (United States)|national security advisor]]s and [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] officials and is part of the President's [[Executive Office of the President of the United onStates|Executive Office]]. It began under President [[Harry S. Truman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=list of national security advisers of the U.S. {{!}} Names & Dates|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-national-security-advisers-of-the-United-States-1788874|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=National Security Council (Text Only)|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/nsc/text/|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref> {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = United States National Security Council | seal = Seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States 2014.svg | seal_width = 140px | formed = {{Start date|1947|9|18}} | preceding1 = | jurisdiction = | headquarters = [[Eisenhower Executive Office Building]] | employees = | budget = | image = | chief1_position = [[President of the United States]] | chief1_name = [[Joe Biden]] | chief2_position = [[Vice President of the United States]] | chief2_name = [[Kamala Harris]] | chief3_position = [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] | chief3_name = [[Antony Blinken]] | chief4_position = [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] | chief4_name = [[Janet Yellen]] | chief5_position = [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] | chief5_name = [[Lloyd Austin]] | chief6_position = [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] | chi