When Susan E. Rice took over as President Obama's national security adviser two years ago, she was struck by how the White House had grown. Since she had last served on the National Security Council, during the Clinton administration, its staff had nearly quadrupled in size, to about 400 people.
Washington Post: How the Obama White House runs foreign policy
US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council to receive an update on Iraq during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Aug. 18.
