February 12, 2009

Behind the headlines at the NSC

By: David Adesnik

The lead story in Sunday’s WaPo was Obama’s NSC To Get New Power. Will Inboden — a former NSC official and new blogger at Shadow Government — explains why there is much less to this story than meets the eye. Kristen Silverberg — also new to Shadow Gov and a recently our ambassador to the EU — argues that it would be a serious mistake for Obama’s NSC to absorb the Homeland Security Council.