Number: RL34505 Title: National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date, and Considerations for Congress Authors: Catherine Dale, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report reviews current legislative mandates for security strategic documents, assesses the recent history of execution, describes strategic documents in related fields for comparison, presents considerations that may be useful in assessing current requirements and execution, and notes several current proposals for changes to legislative requirements. Pages: 20 Date: December 15, 2008