The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum 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.
Robert L. Gallucci is an American academic and diplomat,who formerly worked as president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He previously served as dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University,from 1996 to June 2009. Prior to his appointment in 1996,for over two decades he had served in various governmental and international agencies,including the Department of State and the United Nations.
Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State,ranking below the under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the under secretary for political affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions,plus one assistant secretary dealing with international organizations. Assistant secretaries usually manage individual bureaus of the Department of State. When the manager of a bureau or another agency holds a title other than assistant secretary,such as "director," it can be said to be of "assistant secretary equivalent rank." Assistant secretaries typically have a set of deputies,referred to as deputy assistant secretaries (DAS).
The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was an independent agency of the United States government that existed from 1961 to 1999. Its mission was to strengthen United States national security by "formulating,advocating,negotiating,implementing and verifying effective arms control,nonproliferation,and disarmament policies,strategies,and agreements."
The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (T) is a position within the U.S. Department of State that serves as Senior Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control,Nonproliferation,and Disarmament.
The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) is a bureau within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation functions. The bureau leads U.S. efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017,Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee,Rex Tillerson,was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee,John J. Sullivan.
James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. Cunningham has served in various diplomatic positions,including Chief of Staff to NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner (1989–1990),Deputy Advisor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations (1990–1992),Director of the State Department's Office of European Security and Political Affairs (1993-1995),Deputy Chief of Mission,Embassy of the United States in Rome (1996–2001),Acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2001),Consul General of the United States to Hong Kong and Macau (2005-2008) and the United States Ambassador to Israel (2008–2011).
Rose Eilene Gottemoeller is an American diplomat who served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO from October 2016 to October 2019 under Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Before then she was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. State Department.
Thomas E. "Ted" McNamara is a United States diplomat and State Department official.
Samuel De Palma was an official in the United States Department of State.
Paula Adamo DeSutter was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Verification,Compliance,and Implementation from 2002 to 2009.
James Warlick is a US diplomat,former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Ambassador Ronald Frank Lehman II is currently Director of the Center for Global Security Research at the United States Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is also Chair of the Governing Board of International Science and Technology Center,an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Moscow and is a member of the Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee.
Anita E. Friedt is an American diplomat.
Erica Jean Barks-Ruggles is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Rwanda. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in November 2014.
C.S. Eliot Kang is an American diplomat and member of the Senior Executive Service. He currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) at the U.S. Department of State. From January to July 2021 and January 2017 to January 2018,Kang served as acting ISN Assistant Secretary and also exercised the authority of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. He also served as acting ISN Assistant Secretary from January to June 2009. Kang is one of the State Department's leading experts on nuclear affairs,including on nuclear safeguards,security,and safety matters as well as denuclearization,counterproliferation,and counter nuclear terrorism issues. On April 12,2021,President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Kang as his administration's Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29,2022.
Vann Van Diepen is a former United States civil servant who worked in a variety of positions in the United States Department of State.
Laura Elizabeth Kennedy is a retired United States career diplomat,who has served as U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan,U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.
