Reg,

I just visited Monsieur Billmon prior to reading your Rummy post. As always, Billmon delivered a smart bomb and blew away Rummy's denial of culpability. Does Billmon sleep? Shouldn't he have his own network show?

Peter T.  And for any posters who may have been educated in the Texas public school system, "domestic" refers to within the borders of the United States.  :)

There is established a council to be known as the National Security Council (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ''Council'').

The President of the United States shall preside over meetings of the Council: Provided, That in his absence he may designate a member of the Council to preside in his place. The function of the Council shall be to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security.

The Council shall be composed of:

(1) the President;

(2) the Vice President;

(3) the Secretary of State;

(4) the Secretary of Defense;

(5) the Director for Mutual Security;

(6) the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board; and

(7) the Secretaries and Under Secretaries of other executive departments and of the military departments, the Chairman of the Munitions Board, and the Chairman of the Research and Development Board, when appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at his pleasure.

United States Code