Council of National Defense

Examples of Council of National Defense in the following topics:

• Homefront Security

  • The idea of civil defense began to come of age, both worldwide and in the United States, during World War I, when it was usually referred to as civilian defense. 
  • The US followed the British model and the efforts were formalized with the creation of the Council of National Defense on August 29, 1916.
  • Even before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Council of National Defense was reactivated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  • On May 20, 1941 the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) was created to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency.
  • Civil Air Patrol poster produced for the Office of Civilian Defense as part of a campaign to build interest in joining CAP during World War II.

• The Cabinet

  • This includes the secretary of state and the secretary of defense.
  • Advises the President on matters relating to U.S. foreign policy, including the appointment of diplomatic representatives to other nations, and on the acceptance or dismissal of representatives from other nations.
  • The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, which is an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America .
  • The individual is by custom a member of the cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.
  • Secretary of Defense is a statutory office.

• Privacy Rights and National Security

  • Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947.
  • Together with its 1949 amendment, this act stood as the precursor to the Department of Defense.
  • It also established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, while subordinating the military branches to the Secretary of Defense.
  • National Security Act of 1947 was set up to advise the President on the integration of domestic, military and foreign policies relating to national security.
  • Explain the underlying tension between national security and civil liberties, identifying the historical roots and institutionalization of the concept of national security

• Defending the Nation

  • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
  • Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies.
  • Council also has counterparts in the national security councils of many other nations.
  • The National Security Council is chaired by the President.
  • Identify the main function of the United States National Security Council

• National Security Policy

  • Implementing civil defense and emergency preparedness measures (this includes anti-terrorism legislation)
  • The concept of national security became an official guiding principle of US foreign policy when the National Security Act of 1947 was signed on July 26, 1947, by President Harry S.
  • Together with its 1949 amendment, this act instantiated important organizations dedicated to American national security, such as the precursor to the Department of Defense.
  • It also subordinated all military branches to the new cabinet level position of the Secretary of Defense, established the National Security Council, and established the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • The political aspect of security is another important facet of national security.

• Providing National Security

  • National security is the protection of the state through a variety of means that include military might, economic power, and diplomacy.
  • These organizations include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the White House National Security Council.
  • The Department of Defense is responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with the U.S.
  • The Department—headed by the Secretary of Defense—has three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
  • The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisers, and Cabinet officials.

• National Security

  • As a measure to ensure national security in the midst of the Cold War, President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947 .
  • The Act merged the Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment, headed by the Secretary of Defense.
  • At the same time, the NME was renamed as the Department of Defense.
  • Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National Security Council, a central place of coordination for national security policy in the executive branch, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S.' s first peacetime intelligence agency.
  • The function of the council was to advise the president on domestic, foreign, and military policies so that they may cooperate more tightly and efficiently.

• Collective Military Force

  • This invasion met with unified international condemnation, and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council.
  • Bush deployed American forces into Saudi Arabia, and an array of nations joined the coalition.
  • In this conflict, the UN, the US, and other nations were united into a military force that successfully propelled the Iraqi aggressor out of sovereign Kuwait.
  • This map depicts current members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, one of the primary examples of a collective defense organization.
  • Compare and contrast the concepts of collective security and collective defense

• Legislative involvement

  • For over 12 years it and several other organizations have been studying the effects of taxing waste.
  • The conclusion is that a quarter or more of all American public revenues could be replaced if the government started taxing waste and natural resource consumption instead of revenues and income.
  • (Hoerner, Andrew, ‘Tax Waste not Work') The nation's economy would thus be put on a sounder footing because growth would be more sustainable, less costly, and less dependent on foreign commodities.
  • Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), consisted of chief executives from Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, the FPL Group, General Electric, Lehman Brothers, PG&E and PNM Resources – along with four leading non-governmental organizations including Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pew Center on Climate Change and the World Resources Institute.
  • By banding together to avoid a patchwork of potential costly and conflicting state or regional regulations, the group tried to work with lawmakers to set goals and targets that allow businesses time to make changes and implement solutions that will improve both the environment and energy efficiency, while protecting national trade and the economy.

• United States in the World

  • The global reach of the United States is backed by a $15 trillion economy, approximately a quarter of global GDP, and a defense budget of $711 billion, which accounts for approximately 43% of global military spending.
  • It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and New York City hosts the United Nations Headquarters.
  • The president holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  • The United States Department of Defense administers the armed forces, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
  • The Department of Defense also employed about 700,000 civilians, not including contractors.