The NSC was and is stupid, that's why I abolished it
Well, I disagree. Under Presidents Blair and Yankee, the NSC successfully made foreign policy and foreign affairs a central feature in the game that involved people from a wide array of backgrounds and perspectives. Foreign policy has historically been neglected in Atlasia in no small part because it is, at best, a three-way conversation between the president, the Secretary of State, and the GM; the NSC broke that trichotomy and brought everyone from hawks and neocons to libertarians to the table.
All you have to do is individually pm people to get individual opinions