PDD-25 was intended to prevent the United States from using UN peacekeeping operations as the centerpiece of its foreign policy . The United States continued to consider its ability to participate in such operations as a way to advance American and U.N. interests globally . Richard A. Clarke was among those who opposed using US troops as part of UN peacekeeping forces during the Rwandan genocide of 1994
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Presidential Decision Directive 25