Us National Security CouncilThe US NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters. PAUL NITZE (1907-2004) was an American politician and one of the main architects of S policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold war. He served as US Secretary of the Navy (1963), US Deputy Secretary of Defense (1967), and as President Reagan's chief negotiator in nuclear arms negotiations (1981). Read More Read Less