Example sentences for: directive

How can you use “directive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • President Clinton issued a classified directive in June 1995, Presidential Decision Directive 39, which said that the United States should "deter, defeat and respond vigorously to all terrorist attacks on our territory and against our citizens."

  • In July 2001, Mayor Giuliani updated a directive titled "Direction and Control of Emergencies in the City of New York."

  • That same day, Hadley instructed DCI Tenet to have the CIA prepare new draft legal authorities for the "broad covert action program" envisioned by the draft presidential directive.

  • The pre-9/11 draft presidential directive on al Qaeda evolved into a new directive, National Security Presidential Directive 9, now titled "Defeating the Terrorist Threat to the United States."

  • The directive sought to accomplish this objective by designating, for different types of emergencies, an appropriate agency as "Incident Commander."


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