U.S. National Security Presidential Directive

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The U.S. National Security Presidential Directive is a type of classified policy document issued by the U.S. President to establish and coordinate national security and foreign policy actions across the federal government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national security policy instrument
type of U.S. presidential directive
appliesTo U.S. federal executive branch departments and agencies
archivedBy National Security Council
bindingOn executive branch agencies
canInclude agency tasking
deadlines for executive branch actions
implementation guidance
policy objectives
classificationAuthority President of the United States
coordinatedThrough U.S. National Security Council system
country United States of America
decisionMakingLevel presidential
form written presidential directive
governs implementation of specific national security strategies
hasFormat numbered directive series
issuedBy President of the United States
legalBasis Article II powers of the U.S. President
mayAssign responsibilities to federal departments and agencies
mayBeDeclassifiedBy executive branch declassification process
mayDirect development of implementation plans
mayEstablish interagency coordination mechanisms
maySupersede earlier presidential national security directives
oftenAccompaniedBy implementing guidance from departments and agencies
oftenContains sensitive national security information
oftenMarkedAs Top Secret
policyInstrumentType executive policy directive
purpose to coordinate foreign policy actions across the federal government
to direct implementation of national security decisions
to establish national security policy
relatedTo Homeland Security Presidential Directive
National Security Decision Directive
Presidential Policy Directive
requires interagency coordination in drafting
scope government-wide national security policy
subjectArea counterterrorism policy
cybersecurity policy
defense policy
foreign policy
homeland security policy
intelligence policy
national security
timePeriodOfUse post–Cold War era
typicalClassification classified
usedBy Executive Office of the President
President of the United States
U.S. National Security Council

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Coalition Provisional Authority createdBy U.S. National Security Presidential Directive
National Infrastructure Protection Plan basedOn Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7
linked to: U.S. National Security Presidential Directive
United States national security law hasSource Presidential Policy Directives
linked to: U.S. National Security Presidential Directive
National Security Decision Directives of the Reagan administration hasPart NSDD-2 National Security Council Structure
linked to: U.S. National Security Presidential Directive
U.S. National Security Presidential Directive relatedTo National Security Decision Directive
linked to: U.S. National Security Presidential Directive