Policy. (a) Recognizing that gender-based violence undermines not only the safety, dignity, and human rights of the millions of individuals who experience it, but also the public health, economic stability, and security of nations, it is the policy and practice of the executive branch of the United States Government to have a multi-year strategy that will more effectively prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Any other conclusion would require the United States to endure a planned terrorist attack before the executive branch could intervene militarily.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Lawfare strikes again

Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National Security Council, a central place of coordination for national security policy in the Executive Branch, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States' first peacetime intelligence agency.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The National Security Act of 1947