security cabinet

Defense advisory body

A security cabinet is a group of senior government officials who advise a head of state on matters of national security, defense, and foreign policy.

The term is used especially in Israel, where the security cabinet makes decisions about military operations and intelligence matters: The prime minister convened the security cabinet to discuss the crisis.

In other contexts, a security cabinet is a locked storage unit for protecting sensitive documents, weapons, or valuables.

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war room · intelligence · crisis · meeting · classified · top secret · need to know · briefing · prime · heads of state · government · military · chain of command · advisory · inner circle · secret · closed door · policy

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governmental scope and composition

security cabinetparliament

National legislative assembly

general assembly · legislative body · broad coalition · senate · lower house

policy focus

security cabineteconomic council

Advisory body on fiscal matters

budget committee · education committee

secrecy and access

security cabinetpublic forum

Space for collective discourse

open session · town hall · public hearing · press conference · public assembly

Family

security, cabinet, secure, securely, insecure, insecurity, securities, securing, secured

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