Appendix:     Membership of National Security Councils since President George H.W. Bush     Bush 41    Clinton  Bush 43  Obama  Pres.  Statutory Attendee  Vice Pres.  Statutory Attendee  Sec. State  Statutory Attendee  Sec. Treasury  Attend Except  When Asked  Not To  Regular Attendee  Sec. Defense  Statutory Attendee  Sec. Energy  Statutory  Attendee (2007)  Not Named  Nat’l Sec. Advisor  Dep. Nat’l Sec.  Advisor  Statutory Attendee  Regular Attendee     Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Dir. Cent. Intel. /  Dir. Nat’l Intel.  Attend as Statutory Advisor  Chairman, JCS  Attend as Statutory Advisor  Chief of Staff  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  NEC Chair  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Chair, Council  Econ. Advisors  Not Named  Attorney General  Invited to Attend  Any NSC  Meeting        Consult Agenda;  Attend When  Appropriate  DHS Founded  Not Named  Homeland Security     Advisor     Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Regular  Attendee  Invited to  Attend Any NSC  Meeting  Invited to  Attend Any NSC  Meeting  Attend Upon Internat’l Econ.  Issues  Attend Upon  Internat’l Econ.  Issues  Invited When Relevant  OMB Director  U.S. Rep. to U.N.  Invited to Attend  Any NSC  Meeting  Not Named  White House  Counsel  Sec. Homeland  Security  Trump  Not Named  Invited to Attend Any NSC  Meeting  Regular Attendee  Regular Attendee  Invited When  Relevant  Not Named  Invited to  Attend Any NSC  Meeting  DHS Founded  Attend When  Appropriate  Regular  Attendee  Not Named  Regular Attendee  Sec. Commerce  Not Named  Attend Upon Internat’l Econ.  Issues  U.S. Trade Rep.  Not Named  Attend Upon Internat’l Econ.  Issues  Chief Strategist  Invited to  Attend Any NSC  Meeting  Not Named  Dir. Off. Science &  Tech. Policy  Attend When  Appropriate  Not Named  Not Named      Membership of NSC Principals Committees since President George H.W. Bush    Bush 41    Clinton  Sec. State  Sec. Treasury  Attend Except  When Asked  Not to  Invite As  Needed  Trump  Regular Attendee  Regular Attendee        Sec. Energy  DHS Founded  Regular Attendee  Regular  Attendee  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Pres. Chief of Staff  Not Named  Pres. Nat’l Sec.  Advisor  Homeland Sec.  Advisor  Obama  Regular Attendee  Sec. Defense  Sec. Homeland  Security  Bush 43  Not Named  Regular Attendee  Regular Attendee        DHS Founded  Attend When  Appropriate  Regular  Attendee  Invited to  Attend  Regular  Attendee  Pres. Dep. Nat’l  Sec. Advisor  Not Named  V.P. Chief of Staff  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Not Named  Not Named  V.P. Nat’l Sec.  Advisor  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Invited to  Attend  Regular  Attendee  Cent. Intel. Dir. /  DNI  Regular Attendee  Invited When  Relevant  Regular  Attendee  Invited When  Relevant  Chairman, JCS  Regular Attendee  Invited When  Relevant  Regular  Attendee  Invited When  Relevant  Attorney General  Invited When  Relevant  Invite As  Needed  Invited When  Relevant  Invited to  Attend  Regular Attendee  OMB Director  White House  Counsel  Not Named  Invited When  Relevant  Not Named  Consult Agenda;  Attend When  Appropriate  Dep. WH Counsel  for Nat’l Sec.  Regular  Attendee  Invited to  Attend  Invited to Attend  Invited to  Attend  Not Named  Sec. Commerce  Not Named  Attend For Internat’l Econ. Issues  U.S. Trade Rep.  Not Named  Attend For Internat’l Econ. Issues  NEC Chair  Not Named  Chair, Council  Econ. Advisors  Sec. Agriculture  Pres. Asst. on  Intragov’t &  Techn.  Attend Upon Internat’l Econ. Issues  Attend Upon  Internat’l Econ.  Issues  Not Named  Attend When  Relevant  Not Named  Chief Strategist  U.N. Rep.  Attend When  Appropriate  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Not Named  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Not Named  Not Named  Regular  Attendee  Attend When  Appropriate  Attend When  Appropriate  Not Named  Dep. Sec. of State  Not Named  Invited to  Attend  Not Named  Dir. Off. Science &  Tech. Policy  Not Named  Attend When  Appropriate  Not Named