his cabinet
the cabinets
jefferson
Attorney General
Mary McLeod Bethune.
Roy Wilkins, who was a civil rights leader and a former head of the NAACP, advised presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter.
They can hire their own advisor that is cleared by security. They don't have to use anyone approved by anyone else.
The President's advisor are the Cabinet members, the White House Chief of Staff, and the Counselor to the President. In addition, the President has Senior Advisors who act as public liaison.
Chief of Staff and National Security Advisor
For purely political advice, presidents mostly rely on their White House staff. There is a position known as senior advisor which David Axelrod holds in the Obama White House. Congressional leaders from his party may be helpful as well.
Patrick Buchanan was born November 2, 1938 in Washington, DC. Patrick Buchanan was a senior advisor to presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Booker T. Washington is admired because he became an advisor to several United States presidents after becoming a free slave. He also taught at a teacher's college in Alabama.
An advisor is someone in a leadership role who can give advice and guidance, and the co-advisor does the same task with this person.