11:25AM THE PRESIDENT met with members of the National Security Council; the VICE PRESIDENT also participated
The Situation Room
· The Vice President
· Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense
· Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff
· Susan Rice, National Security Advisor
· Amb. Samantha Power, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations
· John Podesta, Counselor to the President
· Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel
· James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
· John Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
· GEN Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
· Bill Burns, Deputy Secretary of State
· Antony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor
· Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
· Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting
· Philip Gordon, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region
· Jeff Prescott, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
· Katie Fallon, Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
1:30PM THE PRESIDENT delivers an address to the nation
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