Organizing for National Security: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session - Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, Parts 8-9 |
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Page 1149 - Chairman; the Chief of Staff of the Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Page 1337 - The President has made it very clear that he does not want a large separate organization between him and his Secretary of State. Neither does he wish any question to arise as to the clear authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State, not only in his own Department, and not only in such large-scale related areas as foreign aid and information policy, but also as the agent of coordination in all our major policies toward other nations.
Page 1336 - The National Security Council is one instrument among many ; it must never be made an end in itself. But for certain issues of great moment, the NSC is indeed valuable. President Kennedy has used it for discussion of basic national policy toward a number of countries. He has used it both for advice on particular pressing decisions and for recommendations on long-term policy. As new attitudes develop within the administration, and as 'new issues arise in the world, the NSC is likely to continue as...
Page 1324 - Whether or not this itch to get in the act is a form of status seeking, the idea seems to have got around that just because some decision may affect your activities, you automatically have a right to take part in making it...
Page 1024 - Second, it is a combination of civilian leadership and public control that makes the decisions about the application of available technology. Decisions about every major procurement are subject to intense reviews by the Secretary of Defense, by the President, and by the Congress. In these reviews, we are deeply concerned about the possible consequences of using new technology. We do clearly separate the issues of whether-to-R.
Page 1165 - In 1962 when a reorganization plan established the Office of Science and Technology within the Executive Office of the President , through transfer of authorities formerly vested in the National Science Foundation.
Page 1136 - ... the decision in principle to resume atmospheric tests were discussed in the National Security Council. Recommendations on particular tests have been handled in various ways. In the case of the Dominic series of atmospheric tests in the Pacific last year, a committee including the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense examined...
Page 1318 - ... tours in countries abroad by creative and performing artists and athletes from the United States, individually and in groups, representing any field of the arts, sports, or any other form of cultural attainment ; (iii) United States representation in international artistic, dramatic, musical, sports, and other cultural festivals, competitions, meetings, and like exhibitions and assemblies...
Page 1060 - This does not mean that every effort should not be made to examine these things carefully, but we should not expect the impossible.
Page 1201 - Defense Robert S. McNamara, which has been circulated as "guidance" throughout the services. In part, it said: "After the President has taken a position, has established a policy, or after appropriate officials In the Defense Department have established a policy, I expect that no member of the department, either civilian or military, will discuss that policy other than in a way to support it before the public.