Deputy National Security Advisor

The Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the Deputy National Security Advisor, is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor.

Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as Chairman of the National Security Council Deputies Committee.

List of Deputies

Name	Term	President
Walt Whitman Rostow	1961	John F Kennedy
Carl Kaysen	1961-1963	John F Kennedy
Robert Komer	1965-1966	Lyndon B. Johnson
Alexander Haig	1970-1973	Richard Nixon
Brent Scowcroft	1973–1975	Gerald Ford
William G. Hyland	1975-1977	Gerald Ford
David L. Aaron	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
James W. Nance	1981-1982	Ronald Reagan
Robert McFarlane	1982–1983	Ronald Reagan
John Poindexter	1983–1985	Ronald Reagan
Donald Fortier	1985-1986	Ronald Reagan
Peter Rodman	1986-1987	Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell	1987	Ronald Reagan
John Negroponte	1987–1989	Ronald Reagan
Robert Gates	1989-1991	George H. W. Bush
Jonathan Howe	1991-1993	George H. W. Bush
Sandy Berger	1993–1997	Bill Clinton
James Steinberg	1997-2001	Bill Clinton
Stephen Hadley	2001–2005	George W. Bush
Jack Dyer Crouch, II	2005–2007	George W. Bush
James Jeffrey	2007–2008	George W. Bush
Thomas E. Donilon	2009-2010	Barack Obama
Denis McDonough	2010-2013	Barack Obama
Tony Blinken	2013-	Barack Obama

Deputy National Security Advisor Media

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  WaltRostow

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  Lyndon Johnson and Robert Komer

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  Richard V. Allen

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  Secretary of State Alexander Haig

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  National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft at a meeting following the assassinations in Beirut, 1976 - NARA - 7064964

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  James W. Nance