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In reply to the discussion: via Daily Kos: Trump Has Illegally Bypassed Senate Consent on Bannon Appointment to NSC [View all]fishwax
(29,149 posts)in this discussion/story. But the bottom line is this: nothing trump has done challenges or changes the list of members in the quoted section of the law.
When people speak of the NSC, they sometimes mean the Principals (which are basically the positions listed in the statute plus a few others), and they sometimes mean the NSC as an organization, including its staff, which include hundreds of people, most of whom aren't mentioned in the statute, and for whom senate confirmation is not necessary to be on the Council, because the statute permits the executive to staff it with whomever he sees fit.
In the actual memo announcing this administration's organization of the NSC, it lists the strategist as being invited to attend all the meetings. That's problematic enough, particularly when coupled with the fact that the Joints Chair and the DNI are invited to the Principals Committee only in specific cases now.