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.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018,a candidate for the presidential nomination in 2020,and the party's nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election.
The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff,who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The staff work for and report directly to the president,including West Wing staff and the president's senior advisers. Almost all of the White House Office staff are political appointees of the president,do not require Senate confirmation and can be dismissed at the discretion of the president.
Bruce Reed is an American political advisor and non-profit administrator who was the president of the Broad Foundation. Prior to assuming that role in December 2013,he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and as CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). On December 22,2020,it was announced that Reed would serve as a White House deputy chief of staff in the Biden administration,along with Jen O'Malley Dillon.
Michael C. Donilon is an American attorney and campaign consultant who is a longtime advisor to Joe Biden,the current President of the United States. He was the chief strategist of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign and served in the same capacity in the 2024 presidential campaign before Biden dropped out of the race on July 21,2024. He was a senior advisor to Biden during the first three years of his presidency. Prior,Donilon was working as a partner at AKPD Message and Media. Between 2009 and 2013,he served as Counselor to Vice President Biden in the Obama administration. Before his White House appointment,Donilon worked with the vice-presidential candidate to help him prepare for the debates and as a traveling advisor.
The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the vice president of the United States. The office is headed by the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States,currently Lorraine Voles. The office also provides staffing and support to the second gentleman of the United States. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building,with offices for the vice president also in the West Wing,the U.S. Capitol,and in the vice president's official residence.
Philip H. Gordon is an American diplomat and international relations scholar. Since March 21,2022,he has served as Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States,Kamala Harris. Earlier in his career,he was Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East,North Africa,and the Persian Gulf Region (2013–2015) during the Obama administration.
Steven J. Ricchetti is an American political aide serving as a Counselor to the President under President Joe Biden. He was the chairman of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Ricchetti previously served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden during the Obama administration and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton. In between stints in Democratic administrations,Ricchetti has worked as a lobbyist.
Neera Tanden is an American political consultant and government official serving as director of the United States Domestic Policy Council since 2023. Tanden previously served as a senior advisor and staff secretary to President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023 and as president of the Center for American Progress (CAP),a center-left policy research and advocacy organization,where she worked in different capacities since its founding in 2003 until she joined the Biden administration in 2021.
Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993.
Nicholas Rathod is the founder and former executive director of the State Innovation Exchange,which was created and designed to build progressive power in state legislatures around the country,growing it from an idea to a multimillion dollar organization with more than 30 staff in 3 years. Prior to leading this organization,Rathod served as the director of state campaigns for Mayor Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety,where he oversaw legislative campaigns around gun control. Rathod also worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren to help build and establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and later served as the Bureau’s Assistant Director,in charge of Intergovernmental and International Affairs.
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election,set to be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. Voters in each state and the District of Columbia will choose electors to the Electoral College,who will then elect a president and vice president for a term of four years.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Beto O'Rourke,the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019,was announced on March 14,2019. Beto O'Rourke had previously attracted national attention for his unsuccessful campaign against Ted Cruz in the 2018 Senate election in Texas.
Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon is an American political strategist serving as the campaign manager for Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign. She held a similar position with President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection campaign.
Elizabeth Marie Allen is an American political advisor who served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She had previously served in his administration as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs. She was White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration. Allen resigned from the State Department on August 2,2024,to take up a role as chief of staff to Tim Walz,the then-unannounced running mate of Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris.
The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7,2020,and ended on January 20,2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions,which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20,Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the General Services Administration under the outgoing Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It is headed by the Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor,which is president's chief advisor on domestic climate change policy. In addition,the National Climate Advisor serves as vice-chair of the National Climate Task Force.
The 2024 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2024 presidential election.
Joshua Geltzer is an American lawyer and national security expert. He currently serves as Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States Joe Biden,Deputy White House Counsel,&Legal Adviser to the United States National Security Council.
