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Incoming National Security Adviser Aims To Streamline NSC

October 11 2019

USA

New National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien plans to reduce the size of National Security Council (NSC) and limit its role, reports Reuters. 

O'Brien said on Thursday that he intended to increase inter-agency coordination and return the NSC to its original role of coordinating, rather than directing, foreign policy. 

The NSC should ensure that the president has options, rather than direct foreign policy, he said.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton was criticized for...

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