Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree to reconstitute the National Defense Council (NDC) Fourteen top army, police, intelligence and cabinet officials will sit on NDC, which will be headed by the president. Earlier on Thursday, Mansour issued a separate decree reconstituting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). The SCAF decree stipulates that the Minister of Defense, not the president, would be the head of the council for the first time in Egypt's history. More to follow http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/95451.aspx