 | H. R. McMaster - 1998 - 484 pages
...was little understood and largely overlooked.3 By law the Joint Chiefs of Staff were the "principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense."4 That was not the role of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) during the escalation of the Vietnam... | |
 | Peter L. Hays, Brenda J. Vallance, Alan R. Van Tassell - 1997 - 628 pages
...146-161), the act greatly strengthened the chairman of the JCS and named him the principal military adviser to the president, the National Security Council, and the secretary of defense. According to Perry (1989, 340), By making the chairman an official member of the NSC, Congress endorsed... | |
 | 1992
...role of the chairman of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) by making him the principal military adviser to the president, the National Security Council and the secretary of defense. It has enabled me and the other members of the JCS to provide the best military advice possible in... | |
 | Victor S. Rezendes - 1998 - 94 pages
...to designate the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the principal uniformed military advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense; (3) creating the new position of Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition); and (4) providing precise... | |
 | Amy B. Zegart - 1999 - 336 pages
...the Joint Staff. It designated him, rather than the corporate JCS, the "principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense" (US Statutes at Large 1989, 1005). It assigned him responsibility for strategic plans, military contingency... | |
 | 2000 - 308 pages
...Operations; and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. (b) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the Joint... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2001 - 528 pages
...Chiefs of Staff. Answer. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2002 - 814 pages
...the Air Force. (6) The Commandant of the Marine Corps. (b) Function as Military Advisers. -(1) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal...duties, and responsibilities, the Chairman shall, oo he consider.1; appropriate, consult with and seek the advice of (A) the other members of the Joint... | |
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Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. 
