The new foreign policy mechanism

I'm not really sure how this shapes out to policy, but this restructuring of the NSC towards broader inclusion of departments, and what appears a far greater influence and impact, will drastically change the information flow and foreign policy balance within the White House.

Assuming this works as presented, however, this will greatly reduce alot of the "personality influence" that has touched so many of the recent presidencies. In theory, this structure would reduce a Cheney, Kissinger, or whoever backchannelling to the President, making policy around the traditional balances.