Deputy National Security Advisor

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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

Executive Office of the President of the United States

The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President....
, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor

National Security Advisor (United States)

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief adviser to the President of the United States on national security issues....
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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

National Security Council Deputies Committee

The National Security Council Deputies Committee is a committee of the United States National Security Council comprising the deputies to senior members of the United States Cabinet....
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Name

Term

President

Walt Whitman Rostow

Walt Whitman Rostow was an USA economist and political theorist who served as National Security Advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson....

1961

John F Kennedy

Carl Kaysen

Carl Kaysen is an economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the father of Girl, Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen....

1961-1963

John F Kennedy

Robert Komer

Robert William "Blowtorch Bob" Komer was a key figure in the pacification effort to win South Vietnamese "hearts and minds" during the Vietnam War, heading Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support....

1965-1966

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....

Richard V. Allen

Richard Vincent Allen was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982.Allen received his B.A. and M.A....

1969

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....

Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. is a retired four-star General in the United States Army who served as the U.S. United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....

1970-1973

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....

Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft was the National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force....

1973–1975

Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....

William G.

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Executive Office of the President of the United States

National Security Advisor (United States)

National Security Council Deputies Committee

The National Security Council Deputies Committee is a committee of the United States National Security Council comprising the deputies to senior members of the United States Cabinet....
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List of Deputies

Name	Term	President
Walt Whitman Rostow Walt Whitman Rostow Walt Whitman Rostow was an USA economist and political theorist who served as National Security Advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson....	1961	John F Kennedy
Carl Kaysen Carl Kaysen Carl Kaysen is an economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the father of Girl, Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen....	1961-1963	John F Kennedy
Robert Komer Robert Komer Robert William "Blowtorch Bob" Komer was a key figure in the pacification effort to win South Vietnamese "hearts and minds" during the Vietnam War, heading Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support....	1965-1966	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....
Richard V. Allen Richard V. Allen Richard Vincent Allen was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982.Allen received his B.A. and M.A....	1969	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
Alexander Haig Alexander Haig Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. is a retired four-star General in the United States Army who served as the U.S. United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....	1970-1973	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
Brent Scowcroft Brent Scowcroft Brent Scowcroft was the National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force....	1973–1975	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
William G. Hyland	1975-1977	Gerald Ford
David L. Aaron David L. Aaron David Laurence Aaron is an American diplomat, and international expert and writer who served in the Jimmy Carter administration. He graduated from Occidental College with a BA, and from Princeton University with an MPA....	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
James W. Nance	1981-1982	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
Robert McFarlane Robert McFarlane Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane is the former National Security Advisor to President of the United States Ronald Reagan, serving from 1983 to late-1985....	1982–1983	Ronald Reagan
John Poindexter John Poindexter John Marlan Poindexter is a retired American naval officer and United States Department of Defense official. He was Deputy National Security Advisor and United States National Security Advisor for the Reagan administration....	1983–1985	Ronald Reagan
Donald Fortier Donald Fortier Donald R. Fortier was a member of the United States United States Intelligence Community....	1985-1986	Ronald Reagan
Peter Rodman Peter Rodman Peter Warren Rodman was a lawyer, government official and foreign policy expert.Born in Boston, he was educated at The Roxbury Latin School, and later at Harvard College , Oxford University , and Harvard Law School ....	1986-1987	Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell Colin Powell Colin Luther Powell, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Meritorious Service Decoration, is an American statesman and a former four-star General in the United States Army....	1987	Ronald Reagan
John Negroponte John Negroponte Hon. John Dimitri Negroponte is an United States diplomat. He is currently a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University....	1987–1989	Ronald Reagan
Robert Gates Robert Gates Robert Michael Gates is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States National Security Council, and under President of the United States George H....	1989-1991	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
Jonathan Howe Jonathan Howe Jonathan Trumbull Howe is a retired 4-star rank United States Navy Admiral , and was the Special Representative for Somalia to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from March 9, 1993, succeeding Ismat Kittani from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994....	1991-1993	George H. W. Bush
Sandy Berger Sandy Berger Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger served as the 19th United States National Security Advisor under President of the United States Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001....	1993–1997	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
James Steinberg James Steinberg James B. Steinberg is an American academic and political advisor, and is currently Deputy Secretary of State. He was previously the Dean of the Lyndon B....	1997-2001	Bill Clinton
Stephen Hadley Stephen Hadley Stephen John Hadley was the U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for President of the United States George W. Bush....	2001–2005	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
Jack Dyer Crouch, II Jack Dyer Crouch, II Jack Dyer Crouch II was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor by President of the United States George W. Bush in March 2005. He previously served as U.S....	2005–2007	George W. Bush
James Jeffrey	2007–2008	George W. Bush
Thomas E. Donilon Thomas E. Donilon Thomas E. Donilon is a U.S. political adviser, government official and lawyer. He is currently serving together with diplomat Wendy Sherman as Agency Review Team Lead for the State Department in the Obama transition , and he has been called the frontrunner for Deputy National Security Adviser in the Obama Administration....	2008- present	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....