Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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That same year Timothy Ziemer, the top White House official in the National Security Council for leading U.S. response against a pandemic, departed.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Recalling his time on the National Security Council Deputies Committee, O’Keefe insisted that any such operational plans and intelligence would have been discussed exclusively in the White House Situation Room, while nothing said in council would have been written down or transmitted.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
The National Security Council has confirmed the authenticity of the chain.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Israeli officials have argued that the IDF reserved the right to operate in Lebanon as long as the country violated United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, which called for Hezbollah's disarmament and withdrawal north of the Litani River after the 2005 war.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Recalling his time on the National Security Council Deputies Committee, O’Keefe insisted that any such operational plans and intelligence would have been discussed exclusively in the White House Situation Room, while nothing said in council would have been written down or transmitted.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
The National Security Council has confirmed the authenticity of the chain.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Israeli officials have argued that the IDF reserved the right to operate in Lebanon as long as the country violated United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, which called for Hezbollah's disarmament and withdrawal north of the Litani River after the 2005 war.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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