Kelly Magsamen

Kelly E. Magsamen was a special assistant to the president, and a senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council, under U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as the National Security Council director for Iran under Presidents George W. Bush and Obama.

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What Trump's Reshuffling of the National Security Council Means

The president made significant changes to the council’s most influential committees, but the real concern is whether he will incorporate it into his decision-making process at all.
- Kelly Magsamen
- January 30, 2017