The Role of National Security Advisor in the G20 Summit

The deputy national security advisor for economics and national security is the negotiator that goes on behalf of the president to negotiate the summit. The job involves negotiating with world leaders over issues such as non-proliferation, japanese cow export expert or poutine. When he first got hired in 2006 by Bush's chief of staff it was his first time being briefed by a senior White House official. "I like whispering in his ear You're whispering is here," says former National Security Adviser Michael Hayden.