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Presidential Policy Directive 43: Directive on United States-Cuba Normalization
"This directive: (1) describes the U.S. vision for normalization with Cuba and how our policy aligns with U.S. national security interests; (2) assesses progress toward normalization; (3) describes the current and foreseen strategic landscape; (4) describes priority objectives for normalization; and (5) directs actions required to implement this PPD [Presidential Policy Directive]."
United States. White House Office
Obama, Barack
2016-10-14
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 25: Arctic Region Policy
"The United States is an Arctic nation, with varied and compelling interests in that region. This directive takes into account several developments, including, among others: altered national policies on homeland security and defense; the effects of climate change and increasing human activity in the Arctic region; the establishment and ongoing work of the Arctic Council; and a growing awareness that the Arctic region is both fragile and rich in resources. It is the policy of the United States to: meet national security and homeland security needs relevant to the Arctic region; protect the Arctic environment and conserve its biological resources; ensure that natural resource management and economic development in the region are environmentally sustainable; strengthen institutions for cooperation among the eight Arctic nations (the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, and Sweden); involve the Arctic's indigenous communities in decisions that affect them; and enhance scientific monitoring and research into local, regional, and global environmental issues."
United States. White House Office
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
2009-01-09
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Presidential Policy Directive 1: Organization of the National Security Council System
This Presidential Policy Direction from President Barack Obama outlines the organization of the National Security Council System. The document contains headings on the National Security Council (NCS), the NSC Principals Committee, the NSC Deputies Committee, and Interagency Policy Committees. "This document is the first in a series of Presidential Policy Directives that, along with Presidential Study Directives, shall replace National Security Presidential Directives as instruments for communicating presidential decisions about national security policies of the United States. This Directive shall supersede all other existing presidential guidance on the organization of the National Security Council system."
United States. White House Office
Obama, Barack
2009-02-13
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National Security Decision Directive 179: Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
NSDD 179 established a task force, to be headed by Vice President George Bush, to review and evaluate U.S. policy and programs in the counterterrorism area. In particular, the task force was to assess national priorities assigned to combat terrorism, especially concerning intelligence responsibilities; the assignment of responsibilities after a terrorist incident; and evaluate laws and law enforcement programs concerning terrorism.
United States. White House Office
1985-07-20
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors
"Wide variations in the quality and security of forms of identification used to gain access to secure Federal and other facilities where there is potential for terrorist attacks need to be eliminated. Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to enhance security, increase Government efficiency, reduce
identity fraud, and protect personal privacy by establishing a mandatory, Governmentwide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors (including contractor employees)." Homeland Security Presidenital Directive (HSPD) 12 outlines the procedures for meeting this policy.
United States. Office of the Federal Register
2004-08-27
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Presidential Decision Directive 75: Counterintelligence for the 21st Century [Fact Sheet]
President Clinton signed a Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) entitled 'U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness -- Counterintelligence for the 21st Century.' The PDD outlines specific steps that will enable the U.S. counterintelligence (CI) community to better fulfill its mission of identifying, understanding, prioritizing and counteracting the intelligence threats faced by the United States. The system will be predictive, proactive and will provide integrated oversight of counterintelligence issues across the national security agencies.
United States. White House Office
2001-01-05
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 18: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 18 addresses the need to be prepared for an attack by terrorist forces using a weapon of mass destruction. It acknowledges that having sufficient resources on hand at all times and at all places is not a realistic feasibility. The policy set forth in the HSPD is "a two tiered approach for development and acquisition of medical countermeasures, which will balance the immediate need to provide a capability to mitigate the catastrophic of the current CBRN threats with long-term requirements to develop more flexible spectrum countermeasures to address future threats." Tier I is a focused development of Agent-Specific Medical Countermeasures and Tier II concerns the development of a Flexible Capability for New Medical Countermeasures.
United States. Office of the Federal Register
2007-01-31
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9: Defense of United States Agriculture and Food
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 9, issued by President Bush on January 30, 2004, establishes a national policy to defend the agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. "The United States agriculture and food systems are vulnerable to disease, pest, or poisonous agents that occur naturally, are unintentionally introduced, or are intentionally delivered by acts of terrorism. Americas agriculture and food system is an extensive, open, interconnected, diverse, and complex structure providing potential targets for terrorist attacks. We should provide the best protection possible against a successful attack on the United States agriculture and food system, which could have catastrophic health and economic effects."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
2004-01-30
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Presidential Policy Directive 2: National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats
From the White House Press Release (December 9, 2009): "Today, President Obama released the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. This Strategy outlines the President's vision for addressing the challenges from proliferation of biological weapons or their use by terrorists. It highlights the beneficial nature of advances in the life sciences and their importance in combating infectious diseases of natural, accidental, and deliberate origin. It also outlines how the risks associated with misuse and potential consequences of a biological attack require tailored actions to prevent biological threats. The Strategy emphasizes the need to (1) improve global access to the life sciences to combat infectious disease regardless of its cause; (2) establish and reinforce norms against the misuse of the life sciences; and (3) institute a suite of coordinated activities that collectively will help influence, identify, inhibit, and/or interdict those who seek to misuse the life sciences. Through this Strategy the United States Government will work with domestic and international partners on the following seven objectives to PROTECT against misuse of the life sciences to support biological weapons proliferation and terrorism."
National Security Council (U.S.)
2009-11
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Presidential Decision Directive 14: Counter-Narcotics 'Andean Strategy'
"The President today [November 3, 1993] signed a decision directive that provides a policy framework for U.S. international drug control efforts as part of the Administration's over-all counter-drug policy. "The President designated Director Lee Brown of the Office of National Drug Control Policy as responsible for oversight and direction for all counter-drug policies, in coordination with the National Security Council. In his directive to agencies involved in the fight against illicit drugs in the hemisphere, the President said that the scourge of illegal narcotics is severely damaging the social fabric of the United States and other countries."
United States. White House Office
1993-11-03
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 Annex 1
"This Annex is intended to further enhance the preparedness of the United States by formally establishing a standard and comprehensive approach to national planning. It is meant to provide guidance for conducting planning in
accordance with the Homeland Security Management System in the National Strategy for Homeland Security of 2007."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2007-12-03
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 15: [Classified]
National Security Presidential Directive 46/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 15, known as the "War on Terror" directive is reported to be a directive that will clarify and coordinate the role of government agencies in the war on terror. Presently the directive is classified. According to reports, agencies' duties related to the war have had gaps and overlaps resulting in competing agency jurisdiction. Departments such as the Defense Department and the State Department as well as several other agencies will have a clearer idea of their mission and how they relate to each other. Officials site the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2005 as establishing the framework for this directive.
2006-03-08
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Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy
"This report examines the substantial economic costs that malicious cyber activity imposes on the U.S. economy. Cyber threats are ever-evolving and may come from sophisticated adversaries. Due to common vulnerabilities, instances of security breaches occur across firms and in patterns that are difficult to anticipate. Importantly, cyberattacks and cyber theft impose externalities that may lead to rational underinvestment in cybersecurity by the private sectorrelative to the socially optimal level of investment. Firms in critical infrastructure sectors may generate especially large negative spillover effects to the wider economy. Insufficient data may impair cybersecurity efforts. Successful protection against cyber threats requires cooperation across firms and between private and public sectors."
United States. Executive Office of the President
2018-02
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 10: Biodefense for the 21st Century
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 10 outlines policy for Biodefense in the 21st century. "The United States has pursued aggressively a broad range of programs and capabilities to confront the biological weapons threat. These actions, taken together, represent an extraordinary level of effort by any measure. Based on these accomplishments, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of our biological defense capabilities to identify future priorities and actions to support them. The results of that study provide a blueprint for our future biodefense program, Biodefense for the 21st Century, that fully integrates the sustained efforts of the national and homeland security, medical, public health, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement communities. Specific direction to departments and agencies to carry out this biodefense program is contained in a classified version of this directive."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
2004-04-28
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National Security Action Memorandum 300: Review of Alternative Communications, Navigation, Missile and Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Facilities
This National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) states that, "The Secretary of State in cooperation with the heads of other responsible departments and agencies of the Government is requested to review the continuing need for U.S. overseas land-based facilities that are now located in politically unstable or unreliable areas and which are utilized for communications, navigation, missile and space tracking, and data acquisition. Each responsible operating agency will analyze the continuing need for its facilities now located in politically unstable or unreliable areas as identified by the Secretary of State and develop plans to meet the contingency that such facilities may become unavailable for further U.S. use."
United States. White House Office
1964-05-19
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National Security Directive 67: Intelligence Capabilities-1992-2005
From the Document: "The NSR-29 [National Security Review-29] assessment of intelligence requirements and capabilities through 2005 is complete. Policy requirements for intelligence support have changed markedly in the past year and more change is inevitable. The priorities reflect a general consensus among policy departments and agencies. A summary of the 1992-2005 requirements is attached. I approve the NSR-29 requirements as a basis for resource management and production priorities. They should be reviewed periodically to ensure continuing relevance to the dynamic world situation and consonance with policy objectives. The DCI [Director of Central Intelligence]'s recommendation to reallocate resources in FY 1993 and beyond is also approved. I expect additional changes will be recommended in the future, and I encourage a continued strong correlation of resource allocation and policy requirements for intelligence."
United States. White House Office
1992-03-30
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National Security Decision Directive 32: U.S. National Security Strategy
National Security Decision Directive 32 sets forth the US National security Strategy based on a review of a study (NSSD 1-82): "Our national security requires development and integration of a set of strategies, including diplomatic, informational, economic/political, and military components. NSSD 1-82 begins that process. Part I of the study provides basic U.S. national objectives, both global and regional, and shall serve as the starting point for all components of our national security strategy."
United States. White House Office
1982-05-20
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National Security Directive 40: Decisions on START Issues
National Security Directive (NSD) 40 laid out the administration's best faith effort to resolve various issues in the upcoming START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] summit. Included are decisions on air launched cruise missiles (ALCM) and submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCM), the verification of non-deployed mobile missile production, limits on heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and limits on mobile ICBMs and mobile ICBM reentry vehicles (ICBM RV).
United States. White House Office
1990-05-14
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National Security Decision Directive 22: Designation of Intelligence Officials Authorized to Request FBI Collection of Foreign Intelligence
National Security Decision Directive 22 designated "the Director of Central Intelligence (or the Acting Director of Central Intelligence) as officials authorized to request the FBI to collect foreign intelligence to support foreign intelligence requirements of other agencies within the intelligence community."
United States. White House Office
1982-01-29
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National Security Decision Directive 202: Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements
National Security Decision Directive 202 addresses U.S. policy in regards to Soviet violations of arms control agreements and lists specific instances of Soviet noncompliance.
United States. White House Office
1985-12-20
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National Security Decision Directive 283: The FY 1988 TOUCHSTONE Nuclear Test Program
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 283 grants programmatic approval of the FY 1988 TOUCHSTON Nuclear Test Program proposed by the Department of Energy and provides guidance for the implementation of the program within limits of the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the National Environmental Policy Act, NSDD 51 and the Threshold Test Ban Limit.
United States. White House Office
1987-10-07
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National Security Decision Directive 226: Machine Tools and National Security
From the Document: "It is the policy of the United States to maintain a broadly based deterrent against different types of conflict. In this regard, the U.S. defense industrial base is a critical component of conventional and strategic deterrence. [...] On March 17, 1986, the Secretary of Commerce forwarded a report on the effect of machine tool imports on the national security that was prepared under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. This study was based on current Administration national security policy and included analysis developed by an interagency task force. The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other relevant Administration officials, indicated that the machine tool industry is a small yet vital component of the U.S. defense base. The Secretary of Commerce further indicated that high levels of imports can erode U.S. capabilities to manufacture critical machine tool product lines. I have reviewed the Secretary of Commerce's report on the impact of imports of machine tools on the national security and considered the information on this issue presented at the National Security Council Meeting."
United States. White House Office
1986-05-21
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National Security Decision Directive 259: U.S. Civil Defense
National Security Decision Directive 259 provides policy guidance on civil defense capability as an element of our overall national security posture.
United States. White House Office
1987-02-04
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National Security Decision Directive 98: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations VI
"National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 98 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] negotiations outlined in NSDD 33, NSDD 36, NSDD 44, NSDD 53, and NSDD 78.In National Security Decision Directive 98, President Reagan states his commitment to 'take whatever steps are necessary to increase the likelihood of real, substantive progress towards and agreement which involves significant reductions in U.S. and Soviet strategic nuclear arsenals and which promotes the national security interests of both sides. Above all, our goal is to maintain a stable nuclear balance at reduced levels of forces in order to reduce the risk of war. All of our efforts in START must be guided by this principle.' The Directive outlines policy regarding: limits on deployed ballistic missiles; throw weight; and the build-down concept."
United States. White House Office
1983-06-14
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National Security Decision Directive 33: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations
National Security Decision Directive 33 set forth an approach to achieve the U.S. goal of "[enhancing] deterrence and [achieving] stability through significant reductions in the most destabilizing systems, ballistic missiles, and especially ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles], while maintaining and overall level of strategic nuclear capability sufficient to deter conflict, underwrite our national security, and meet our commitments to Allies and friends."
United States. White House Office
1982-05-14
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National Security Decision Directive 70: Nuclear Capable Missile Technology Transfer Policy
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 70 "provides policy guidance with respect to the transfer of nuclear capable missile delivery systems' hardware and technology. It should be considered in conjunction with applicable space launch vehicle directives with respect to the transfer of dual use space hardware and technology, as well as with NSDD 5 and other directives governing the export of conventional missiles and techonolgy."
United States. White House Office
1982-11-30
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National Security Decision Directive 36: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations II
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 36 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] negotiations outlined in NSDD 33.
United States. White House Office
1982-05-25
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National Security Decision Directive 65: Establishment of National Security Council Arms Control Verification Committee
National Security Decision Directive 65 established a National Security Council Arms Control Verification Committee to ensure compliance with provisions in existing and future arms control agreements.
United States. White House Office
1982-11-10
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National Security Decision Directive 84: Safeguarding National Security Information
National Security Decision Directive 84 set forth policy regarding the safeguarding of national security information.
United States. White House Office
1983-03-11
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National Security Decision Directive 164: National Security Launch Strategy
National Security Decision Directive [NSDD] 164 provides a launch strategy to implement two provisions contained in NSDD 144: 1) The Space Transportation System (STS) will continue as the primary space launch system for both national security and civil government missions. 2) DOD will pursue an improved assured launch capability that will be complementary to the STS.
United States. White House Office
1985-02-25