THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES by V. V. Pavlov

“…NSC system has been constantly evolving for some 70 years, and the NSC staff became a separate 'ministry' of a kind, allowing presidential administrations to focus ever-increasing control over American foreign policy in the White House. That is why serious attention is devoted to the National Security Council by American researches studying foreign policy decision-making. …”
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Public advocates, private advisors: the autonomy, function, and influence of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by Kenneth M. Evans, Kenneth M. Evans, Kirstin R. W. Matthews

“…We demonstrate that PCAST carries both a strong instrumental advisory role, providing substantive advice to White House STI policy development, and a significant symbolic advisory role, offering visible public support to presidential decisions and initiatives related to STI. …”
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Vasily Ivanov, Yulia Ziyatdinova

“…He became President of Purdue in January 2013; in the past he was twoBterm governor of Indiana, and, earlier, he worked in the White House during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and later served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George W. …”
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