1. a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency; [syn: National Security Council, NSC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
NSC
n 1: a committee in the executive branch of government that
advises the president on foreign and military and national
security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency [syn:
National Security Council, NSC]