JLA 1: 1947 National Security Act established which entities?

JLA 1: 1947 National Security Act established which entities?

• A. The Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force
• B. The Department of Homeland Security and FBI
• C. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense
• D. Central Intelligence Agency only

Answer: (A)

The act reorganized postwar national security by creating a unified Department of Defense to oversee all armed forces, establishing the National Security Council to coordinate foreign policy and defense, forming the Central Intelligence Agency to centralize intelligence, and elevating the Air Force to a separate military service. This combination is exactly what the option describes, making it the correct choice. The other options don’t reflect this restructuring: the Homeland Security Department and FBI were created later (DHS in 2002), the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense existed or were defined differently before/without this act, and CIA alone doesn’t capture the establishment of DoD, NSC, and USAF.

The act reorganized postwar national security by creating a unified Department of Defense to oversee all armed forces, establishing the National Security Council to coordinate foreign policy and defense, forming the Central Intelligence Agency to centralize intelligence, and elevating the Air Force to a separate military service. This combination is exactly what the option describes, making it the correct choice. The other options don’t reflect this restructuring: the Homeland Security Department and FBI were created later (DHS in 2002), the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense existed or were defined differently before/without this act, and CIA alone doesn’t capture the establishment of DoD, NSC, and USAF.