Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Hegseth would manage the Pentagon, craft national defense policy, and coordinate intelligence — via the Defense Intelligence Agency — with the National Security Council.
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The Wednesday Senate vote came on the same day that the U.S. vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council that called for an unconditional and immediate end to the war in Gaza.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
His previous experience also includes working on the National Security Council in 2019 during the first Trump administration, as well as serving as chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller in Trump's final months in office.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Ukraine struck a factory in Russia's Belgorod region that makes cargo drones for the armed forces in an overnight attack, according to Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation branch of Ukraine's Security Council.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The Wednesday Senate vote came on the same day that the U.S. vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council that called for an unconditional and immediate end to the war in Gaza.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
His previous experience also includes working on the National Security Council in 2019 during the first Trump administration, as well as serving as chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller in Trump's final months in office.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Ukraine struck a factory in Russia's Belgorod region that makes cargo drones for the armed forces in an overnight attack, according to Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation branch of Ukraine's Security Council.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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