United States National Security Advisor

Susan Rice, the current National Security Advisor

The National Security Advisor, officially known as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serves as the top advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. This person serves on the National Security Council within the President's Executive Office.

The National Security Advisor is appointed by the President, and does not have to be approved by the United States Senate. The current National Security Advisor is Susan Rice. Rice is to replaced Tom Donilon on June 5, 2013 after Barack Obama became President of the United States.

List of National Security Advisors and the Presidents under whom they served:

Name	Term	President
Robert Cutler	1953–1955	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dillon Anderson	1955–1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower
William Jackson	1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Cutler (2nd time)	1957–1958	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gordon Gray	1958–1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
McGeorge Bundy	1961–1966	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Walt Rostow	1966–1969	Lyndon Johnson
Henry Kissinger	1969–1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Brent Scowcroft	1975–1977	Gerald Ford
Zbigniew Brzezinski	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
Richard V. Allen	1981–1982	Ronald Reagan
William P. Clark, Jr.	1982–1983	Ronald Reagan
Robert McFarlane	1983–1985	Ronald Reagan
John Poindexter	1985–1986	Ronald Reagan
Frank Carlucci	1986–1987	Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell	1987–1989	Ronald Reagan
Brent Scowcroft (2nd time)	1989–1993	George H. W. Bush
Anthony Lake	1993–1997	Bill Clinton
Sandy Berger	1997–2001	Bill Clinton
Condoleezza Rice	2001–2005	George W. Bush
Stephen Hadley	2005–2009	George W. Bush
James L. Jones	2009-2010	Barack Obama
Tom Donilon	2010-2013	Barack Obama
Susan Rice	2013-present	Barack Obama