National Security Strategy
(from the Second World War to the present)
| President | Secretary of State | Secretary of War | Secretary of Navy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | Cordell Hull 1933-44 Edward Stettinius 1944-45 | George Dern 1933-36 Harry Woodring 1936-40 Henry L. Stimson 1940-45 | Claude Swanson 1933-40 Charles Edison 1940 Frank Know 1940-44 James Forrestal 1944-45 | |
| Truman | Edward Stettinius 1945 James Byrnes 1945-47 | Henry L. Stimson 1945 Robert Patterson 1945-47 Kenneth C. Royall 1947 | James Forrestal 1945-47 | President | Secretary of State | Secretary of Defense | Director of CIA | National Security Advisor |
| Truman | James Byrnes 1945-47 George Marshall 1947-49 Dean Acheson 1949-53 | James Forrestal 1947-49 Louis Johnson 1949-50 George Marshall 1950-51 Robert Lovett 1951-53 | Sydney Souers 1946 Hoyt Vandenberg 1946-47 Roscoe Hillenkoetter 1947-50 Walter Bedell Smith 1950-53 | |
| Eisenhower | John Foster Dulles 1953-59 Christian Herter 1959-61 | Charles Wilson 1953-57 Neil McElroy 1957-59 Thomas Gates 1959-61 | Allen Dulles 1953-61 | Robert Cutler 1953-55 Dillon Anderson 1955-56 Robert Cutler 1957-58 Gordon Gray 1958-61 |
| Kennedy | Dean Rusk 1961-63 | Robert McNamara 1961-63 | Allen Dulles 1961 John McCone 1961-63 | McGeorge Bundy 1961-63 |
| Johnson | Dean Rusk 1963-69 | Robert McNamara 1963-68 Clark Clifford 1968-69 | John McCone 1963-65 William Raborn 1965-66 Richard Helms 1966-69 | McGeorge Bundy 1963-66 Walt Rostow 1966-69 |
| Nixon | William Rogers 1969-73 Henry Kissinger 1973-74 | Melvin Laird 1969-72 Elliot Richardson 1973 James Schlesinger 1973-74 | Richard Helms 1969-73 James Schlesinger 1973 William Colby 1973-74 | Henry Kissinger 1969-74 |
| Ford | Henry Kissinger 1974-77 | James Schlesinger 1974-75 Donald Rumsfeld 1975-77 | William Colby 1974-76 George H. Bush 1976-77 | Henry Kissinger 1974-75 Brent Scowcroft 1975-77 |
| Carter | Cyrus Vance 1977-80 Edmund Muskie 1980-81 | Harold Brown 1977-81 | Stansfield Turner 1977-81 | Zbigniew Brzezinski 1977-81 |
| Reagan | Alexander Haig 1981-82 George Shultz 1982-89 | Caspar Weinberger 1981-87 Frank Carlucci 1987-89 | William Casey 1981-87 William Webster 1987-89 | Richard Allen 1981-82 William Clark 1982-83 Robert McFarlane 1983-85 John Poindexter 1985-86 Frank Carlucci 1986-87 Colin Powell 1987-89 |
| George H. Bush | James Baker 1989-93 Lawrence Eagleburger 1992-93 | Dick Cheney 1989-93 | William Webster 1989-91 Robert Gates 1991-93 | Brent Scowcroft 1989-93 |
| Clinton | Warren Christopher 1993-97 Madeleine Albright 1997-01 | Les Aspin 1993-94 William Perry 1994-97 William Cohen 1997-01 | R. James Woolsey 1993-95 John Deutch 1995-96 George Tenet 1997-01 | Anthony Lake 1993-97 Sandy Berger 1997-01 |
| George W. Bush | Colin Powell 2001-05 Condoleezza Rice 2005-09 | Donald Rumsfeld 2001-06 Robert Gates 2006-09 | George Tenet 2001-04 Porter Goss 2004-06 Michael Hayden 2006-09 | Condoleezza Rice 2001-05 Stephen Hadley 2005-09 |
| Obama | Hillary Clinton 2009-13 John Kerry 2013- | Robert Gates 2009-11 Leon Panetta 2011-13 Chuck Hagel 2013-15 Ashton Carter 2015- | Leon Panetta 2009-11 David Petraeus 2011-12 John Brennan 2013- | James L. Jones 2009-10 Thomas Donilon 2010-13 Susan Rice 2013- |