The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the national security council used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
Jimmy Theo Patronis Jr. is an American politician and the current chief financial officer of the state of Florida. He previously served as a member of the Florida Public Service Commission from 2015 to 2017,a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 6th district,which includes Panama City and other parts of southern Bay County,from 2006 to 2014,and as a member of the Florida Elections Commission from 1998 to 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Jared Evan Moskowitz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district since 2023. As a member of the Democratic Party,Moskowitz served on the Broward County Commission from 2021 to 2022 and as director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management from 2019 to 2021. Before his appointment to the Florida Division of Emergency Management,he served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Coral Springs-Parkland area in northern Broward County from 2012 to 2019.
The effects of climate change in Florida are attributable to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Floridians are experiencing increased flooding due to sea level rise,and are concerned about the possibility of more frequent or more intense hurricanes.
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.
Victoria Curtin Gardner Coates is an American art historian,blogger and political consultant. She served as Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette in 2020 and later was appointed to run the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. She served on the United States National Security Council,originally as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Assessments before getting promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor upon the nomination of Robert C. O'Brien.
The second presidential transition of Donald Trump began when he won the United States presidential election on November 5,2024,and became the president-elect. The transition is scheduled to conclude when Trump is inaugurated on January 20,2025.
Helen Aguirre Ferré is a Nicaraguan American journalist and the former executive director for the Republican Party of Florida. She previously served as Communications Director for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Aguirre Ferréwas the Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts from August to December 2018 and the White House's Director of Media Affairs from January 2017 to August 2018. Prior to that,she hosted the public affairs program Issues on WPBT 2.
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen is an American attorney who served as United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump,and was chief of staff to John F. Kelly during his tenure as Secretary of Homeland Security.
Jill Casey DeSantis is an American former news journalist,television show host,and the current first lady of Florida as the wife of Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
Michael George Glen Waltz is an American politician,businessman,author,and colonel in the United States Army who has served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and is the first "Green Beret" to be elected to the United States Congress.
Laurel Frances Lee is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representatives for Florida's 15th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was a judge on Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit from 2013 to 2019 and was the 30th Secretary of State of Florida from 2019 to 2022.
Alice Chamberlayne Hill is an American policy-maker,thought leader,and academic. She currently serves as the David M. Rubinstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. She previously served as a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. During the Obama administration,she was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Resilience Policy at the National Security Council,leading development of policy regarding national security and climate change,building climate resilience considerations and capabilities into international development and other federal initiatives,and developing national risk-management standards for damaging natural hazards. Prior,she served as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,as a federal prosecutor,and judge and supervising judge within the Los Angeles Superior Court.
The 2022 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Florida,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in landslide,with 59.4 percent of the vote to Crist's 40 percent;it was the largest margin of victory in a Florida gubernatorial election since 1982. Significantly,DeSantis won Miami-Dade County,which had been considered a Democratic stronghold and had last voted Republican in 2002,and Palm Beach County,which had not voted Republican since 1986. Crist conceded the election shortly after DeSantis was projected as the winner. At DeSantis's victory rally,supporters chanted "two more years" at various times rather than the common "four more years" to show support for DeSantis for president in 2024. and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,Charlie Crist,who served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican and later as an independent. No Democrat has been elected governor of Florida since 1994.
Fiona Fuller McFarland is an American U.S. Navy reservist and a state legislator in Florida. She currently serves in the Florida House of Representatives representing the 73rd district,which covers parts of Sarasota. She is a member of the Republican Party. McFarland is the daughter of former White House Deputy National Security Advisor KT McFarland.
The political positions of Ron DeSantis have been recorded from his 2012 election to the United States House of Representatives and his tenure as representative,the 2016 United States Senate election in Florida,and during his tenure as governor of Florida. DeSantis is considered a conservative Republican.
The 2024 United States presidential election in Florida was held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Florida voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Florida has 30 electoral votes in the Electoral College,following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state gained a seat.
Victoria Herrmann is an American polar geographer and climate change communicator. She is the managing director of The Arctic Institute,a National Geographic Explorer,and Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service,where her research focuses on Arctic cooperation and politics and climate change adaptation in the US and US Territories.
Susan Wiles is an American political consultant who served as co-chair of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign,having previously served as CEO of Trump's leadership PAC Save America,and as co-chair of his 2016 campaign in Florida. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Janette Nesheiwat is an American physician who is the nominee for United States surgeon general. Nesheiwat has served as an assistant medical director of CityMD and a former medical contributor on Fox News.
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