Congress, House of Representatives
Congress. House of Representatives. National Security Act of 1947. U.S. Code 50, 1947. http://intelligence.senate.gov/nsaact1947.pdf (accessed 31 October 2011).
This act sought to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security.
Posted: April 20, 2012 by the Simons Center
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