So, following both the style he pursued as President Ford's
national security adviser and the recommendations of the Tower
Commission, Gen. Scowcroft has pruned the NSC staff and tried to
ensure that it sticks to its assigned tasks -- namely, gathering
the views of the State Department, Pentagon and intelligence
community; serving as an honest broker in [*] distilling that
information for the president and then making sure presidential
decisions are carried out.
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