As well as British MP Michael Portillo, The Situation Room's specialists include military experts, strategists and diplomats from the Reagan, Clinton and Bush Sr administrations.
THE PRESIDENT
Ambassador Karl Inderfurth Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Affairs, US Representative to UN for Political Affairs and Deputy US Representative on National Security Council.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
Michael Portillo MP and broadcaster. Former Secretary of State for Defence in John Major's cabinet.
VICE PRESIDENT
Ambassador Robert Oakley Former Pakistan Ambassador and National Security Council staff under George Bush Snr and co-ordinator for counter-terrorism.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
James Steinberg Deputy National Security Advisor to President Clinton; Director, Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State.
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF
John Podesta Clinton's Chief of Staff and Principal on National Security Council.
SECRETARY OF STATE
Ambassador Tom Pickering Former India and UN Ambassador. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during second Clinton administration.
CIA DIRECTOR
Milton Bearden CIA 1964-1994. CIA station chief Pakistan/Afghanistan 1986-89.
CHAIR, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
General Merritt Joint Chief of Staff, Army, 1983-85, then US Representative to Nato Military Committee. Currently director of Atlantic Counsel.
PRESS SECRETARY
Joe Lockhart White House press secretary October 1998 to October 2000.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Dr John White Deputy Secretary of Defense during the Clinton administration.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
James Lee Witt Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1993-2001. He now heads James Lee Witt Associates which assists state and local governments as well as international bodies to prepare for and recover from disasters and crises.
DIRECTOR, FBI
Buck Revell Associate Deputy Director FBI. 30 years service in FBI and is the bureau's most decorated investigator. For 11 years, headed the FBI's Counterterrorism Division.
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT
Geoffrey Kemp
Served in the White House during the first Reagan administration and was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council Staff.
DIRECTOR, SITUATION ROOM
Mike Bohn Director, Situation Room, Reagan Administration 1985-1987
ASSISTANT TO NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
Gayle Smith Special Assistant to President, Clinton Administration 1998-2001
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
Russ Verney Campaign manager for Ross Perot's 1996 presidential campaign. Executive Director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party during 1991 and 1992.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POLITICAL DIRECTOR
Carole Whitney Political strategist. She is one of the few political strategists who has specialised in women's campaigns, and was strategist for the 1986 winning campaign of Kay Orr, the first Republican woman governor in this country's history.
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