on that list, like the Chief of Staff. And now (unfortunately), the "Chief Strategist."
In looking at that section of the Code, you can see that the membership of the council is established there. But there are others who are routinely invited to meetings as "attendees." These include both positions which are subject to Senate Confirmation (like the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) and positions which are not subject to confirmation, like the National Security Adviser and, now, the "Chief Strategist" 
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Bannon, as Chief Strategist, is being invited to all the meetings, including those of the "Principals Committee," which is the cabinet-level meeting in support of the National Security Council. (There is also a "deputies committee," which consists of the deputy directors/undersecretaries.) The shocking thing, though, is that the head of the Joint Chiefs and the Director of National Intelligence are no longer going to be Regular Attendees of the Principals Committee, but instead will be invited on an as-needed basis by the NSA, who chairs the committee. (At least, that's as I understand it.)
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