Presidential Directives

On the first day of the Clinton Administration, President Clinton abolished the use of National Security Review (NSR) and the National Security Directive (NSD), replacing them with the Presidential Review Directive (PRD) and the Presidential Decision Directive (PDD). PDD-1 established these two separate series.

Black and white photograph. Meeting participants sit around a table.
President Clinton participates in a briefing on Bosnia in the White House Situation Room. Participants include: Vice President Gore, Tony Lake, Sec. Warren Christopher, Gen. John Shalikashvili, Richard Holbrooke, Leon Fuerth, Sandy Berger, John Deutch, John P. White, and Gordan Adams. November 22, 1995, Photographer: Ralph Alswang.
President Clinton participates in a briefing on Bosnia in the White House Situation Room. Participants include: Vice President Gore, Tony Lake, Sec. Warren Christopher, Gen. John Shalikashvili, Richard Holbrooke, Leon Fuerth, Sandy Berger, John Deutch, John P. White, and Gordan Adams. November 22, 1995, Photographer: Ralph Alswang.

Presidential Decision Directives

Presidential Review Directives

PRD-1 - U.S. Policy Regarding the Situation in the Former Yugoslavia, 1/22/1993

PRD-9 - U.S. Policy Toward Angola, 2/11/1993

PRD-13 - Multilateral Peacekeeping operation, 2/15/1993

PRD-15 - U.S. Policy Toward Nicaragua, 2/22/1993

PRD-23 - U.S. Policy on Extraterritorial Application of National Environment Policy

PRD-25 - The Future of Arms Control and Disarmament, 4/9/1993

PRD-27 - Advanced Telecommunications and Encryption, 4/16/1993

PRD-29 - National Security Information, 4/26/1993

PRD-31 - U.S. Policy on Ballistic Missile Defenses and the Future of the ABM Treaty, 4/26/1993

PRD-36 - U.S. Policy Toward Central and Eastern Europe, 7/5/1993

PRD-43 - U.S. Environmental Policy in Latin America and Caribbean, 3/23/1995

PRD-50 - Emergency Humanitarian Relief, 1/10/1995