Number: RL34565
Title: Building an Interagency Cadre of National Security Professionals: Proposals, Recent Experience, and Issues for Congress
Authors: Catherine Dale, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report highlights key past proposals for the establishment of an interagency cadre, including their rationales; describes and assesses the emergence and operations to date of the Administration's NSPD program; and raises a series of issues that might help inform congressional debates about a possible permanent interagency cadre requirement.
Pages: 27
Date: July 8, 2008