President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama meets with National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice and National Security Council staff in the Situation Room of the White House, April 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili answers a question during a final news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Pavel Mikheyev)
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks during talks on Iran's nuclear program in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
President Barack Obama walks out of Blair House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, before crossing Pennsylvania Avenue and returning to the White House after attending a holiday party for the National Security Council. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama leaves Blair House in Washington after attending a party for the National Security Council. Mr. Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner are locked in talks to try to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” (Associated Press)
UNCERTAINTY: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (right) huddles with his National Security Council on Monday about strategy for North Korean relations.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks at the Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, during an emergency meeting of the National Security Council over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (second from right) presides over an emergency meeting of the National Security Council at the Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. (AP Photo/Yonhap)