White House, The

White House, The. Presidential Decision Directive 68, International Public Information. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1999. http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-68.htm (accessed 2 November 2011).

This directive orders the creation of an International Public Information to address problems identified during military missions in Kosovo and Haiti, when no single U.S. agency was empowered to coordinate U.S. efforts to sell its policies and counteract bad press abroad.