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• Perform other functions and duties related to intelligence aecting
the national security as the President or the Director of National
Intelligence (DNI) may direct.
e Act also created a National Security Council composed of the
President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and oth-
ers. To this day, the Council advises the President on issues related to the
integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies.
Finally, the National Security Act of 1947 restructured the military
by replacing the Department of War with the Department of Defense
and placing a Secretary of Defense ...