12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions · Minor
Make the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs DOE's principal NSC support
Printed page 370 12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions
“The existing Assistant Secretary for International Affairs should provide the principal support for the DOE Secretary and Deputy Secretary on National Security Council (NSC) activities and should interface with colleagues at the Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, and Commerce, as well as the Intelligence Community (IC).”
What has happened
- Not started
No delegation, secretarial order or other instrument was found making the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs the principal support to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on National Security Council activities. The Office of International Affairs remains a staff office on the organization chart of 3 August 2026, with no stated NSC role.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Covered by the negative search run once for the asks on pages 389-391. See also #986, which asks for guaranteed DOE seats at NSC Deputies and Policy Coordination Committee meetings and is likewise unsourced.
- Action
- other
- Object
- Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
- ID
- 935