QUESTIONS:
1. White House National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has been in the news lately. Who was the first person to hold the title she has?
2. Dr. Rice has been mentioned as a future secretary of State. What two national security advisors went on to serve as secretary of State?
3. Who was the only person to serve as national security adviser under two different Presidents?
4. Who was the first woman to hold the position of National Security Adviser?
5. What President had the most National Security Advisers?
ANSWERS:
1. Robert M. Cutler, who was President Eisenhower??¢â???¬â???¢s national security adviser from 1953-58. (Although the National Security Council was created in 1949, it did not have a full-time operating head until Eisenhower created the position of adviser four years later.)
2. Henry Kissinger, national security adviser from 1969-74, and secretary of State from 1973-77. (Kissinger served simultaneously in both jobs from 1973-74) and Colin Powell, who was national security adviser from 1987-88 and has served as secretary of State since 2000.
3. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to President Ford from 1974-76 and to President George H.W. Bush from 1988-92.
4. Dr. Rice, who assumed the position in 2000.
5. Ronald Reagan, who had four national security advisers from 1980-88: Richard V. Allen, William P. Clark, Adm. John Poindexter, and Powell.
