<P> Reuters has reported that Anwar al - Awlaki, an American citizen, was on such a kill list and was killed accordingly . </P> <P> On February 4, 2013, NBC published a leaked Department of Justice memo providing a summary of the rationale used to justify targeted killing of US citizens who are senior operational leaders of Al - Qa'ida or associated forces . </P> <P> The Trump Administration's National Security Council, as per the statute and National Security Presidential Memorandum--4, is chaired by the President . Its members are the Vice President (statutory), the Secretary of State (statutory), the Secretary of Defense (statutory), the Secretary of Energy (statutory), the National Security Advisor (non-statutory), the Attorney General (non-statutory), the Secretary of Homeland Security (non-statutory), the Representative of the United States to the United Nations (non-statutory), and the Secretary of the Treasury (non-statutory). </P> <P> The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, the Director of National Intelligence is the statutory intelligence advisor, and the Director of National Drug Control Policy is the statutory drug control policy advisor . The Chief of Staff to the President, White House Counsel, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy are also regularly invited to attend NSC meetings . The Attorney General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their responsibilities . The heads of other executive departments and agencies, as well as other senior officials, are invited to attend meetings of the NSC when appropriate . </P>

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