The Policy Planning Staff (sometimes referred to as the Policy Planning Council , the Office of Policy Planning or by its in-house acronym S/P ) is the principal strategic arm of the United States Department of State . It was created in 1947 by Foreign Service Officer George F. Kennan at the request of Secretary of State George Marshall to serve "as a source of independent policy analysis and advice for the secretary of state." Its first assignment was to design the Marshall Plan .
2-523: (Redirected from Policy Planning Council ) Policy Planning Staff may refer to: Policy Planning Staff (United States) , principal strategic arm of the United States Department of State Policy Planning Staff (France) , known as Centre d'analyse, de prévision et de stratégie Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
4-844: The title Policy Planning Staff . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy_Planning_Staff&oldid=989986033 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Policy Planning Staff (United States) Early directors include George F. Kennan and Paul Nitze . More recently came Anne-Marie Slaughter , Jake Sullivan , Dennis Ross , Gregory B. Craig , Paul Wolfowitz , and Richard Haass . Past members include Zbigniew Brzezinski , Sandy Berger , Kori Schake , Michael Armacost , and Peter Berkowitz . At least fourteen past members of
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