WH provides this list of those taking part in National Security Council meeting at Pentagon with Pres Obama:

· The President

· The Vice President

· John Kerry, Secretary of State (Secure Video hookup)

· Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury

· Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense

· Loretta Lynch, Attorney General

· Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security

· Ambassador Samantha Power, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations

· Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff

· Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

· Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President

· Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

· Benjamin Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

· Avril Haines, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor

· Antony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State

· Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense

· Christine Wormuth, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

· James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

· General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

· General Paul Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

· GEN Lloyd Austin, Commander, U.S. Central Command

· General Joseph Votel, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

· Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (SVTS)

· Michael Dempsey, Deputy Director of National Intelligence

· John Mulligan, Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

· David Cohen, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

· Adam Szubin, Acting Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes

· Suzanne George, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council

· Brian Egan, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President

· Colin Kahl, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President

· Salman Ahmed, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Counselor to the National Security Advisor

· Jen Easterly, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

· Rob Malley, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region

· Jeff Prescott, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf States

· Troy Thomas, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy


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