Report: National Security Council to Undergo Dramatic Changes Under Obama Administration

President Obama plans to restructure the National Security Council in a big way -- by increasing its membership and authority, according to a report published Sunday in The Washington Post.

National security adviser James L. Jones told the paper that the new NSC --  created after World War II to advise the president on a wide range of international and domestic issues -- will be "dramatically" different from the that of the Bush administration and its predecessors.

"The world that we live in has changed so dramatically in this decade that organizations that were created to meet a certain set of criteria no longer are terribly useful," Jones, a retired Marine general, told the paper.

Jones said the administration's objective is to expand the council's reach beyond the range of traditional foreign policy matters and transform it into a more comprehensive body to confront 21st century issues like cybersecurity and climate change.

The Cabinet and departmental seats at the council -- traditionally filled by the secretaries of defense and state -- will be decided on an "issue-by-issue" basis, the Post reports.

Jones told the paper that the directive will likely be completed in the coming week.

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