What is Deputy National Security Advisor?
The '''Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs''', commonly referred to as the '''Deputy National Security Advisor''', is a member of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]], serving as deputy to the President's [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]]. Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as Chairman of the [[National Security Council Deputies Committee]].<ref>NSPD-1 - [http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/nspd-1.htm ''Organization of the National Security Council System''], 13 February, 2001</ref> ==List of Deputies== {{Expand list}} {| class=wikitable ! Name || Term || President |- | [[Walt Whitman Rostow]] || 1961 || [[John F Kennedy]] |- | [[Carl Kaysen]] || 1961-1963 || John F Kennedy |- | [[Robert Komer]] || 1965-1966 || [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |- | [[Alexander Haig]] || 1970-1973 || [[Richard Nixon]] |- | [[Brent Scowcroft]] || 1973–1975 || [[Gerald Ford]] |- | [[William G. Hyland]] || 1975-1977 || Gerald Ford |- | [[David L. Aaron]] || 1977–1981 || [[Jimmy Carter]] |- | [[James W. Nance]] || 1981-1982 || [[Ronald Reagan]] |- | [[Robert McFarlane]] || 1982–1983 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[John Poindexter]] || 1983–1985 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[Donald Fortier]] || 1985-1986 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[Peter Rodman]] || 1986-1987 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[Colin Powell]] || 1987 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[John Negroponte]] || 1987–1989 || Ronald Reagan |- | [[Robert Gates]] || 1989-1991 || [[George H. W. Bush]] |- | [[Jonathan Howe]] || 1991-1993 || George H. W. Bush |- | [[Sandy Berger]] || 1993–1997 || [[Bill Clinton]] |- | [[James Steinberg]] || 1997-2001 || Bill Clinton |- | [[Stephen Hadley]] || 2001–2005 || [[George W. Bush]] |- | [[Jack Dyer Crouch, II]] || 2005–2007 || George W. Bush |- | [[James Jeffrey]] || 2007–2008 || George W. Bush |- | [[Thomas E. Donilon]] || 2009-2010 || [[Barack Obama]] |- | [[Denis McDonough]] |