authorization
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- n a document giving an official instruction or command
- n the power or right to give orders or make decisions
deputies are given authorization to make arrests - n official permission or approval
- n the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- President Bush and Senate Republicans say they object to the Democrats' draft authorization because of provisions like making the overall intelligence budget public and creating a .
- And that means accepting the French proposal to delay any authorization of force to a second resolution, if the Security Council judges Saddam to be in breach of the new inspection .
- But Congressional authorization to bypass the UN is also likely to reopen the debate among Bush's advisers over just how far to pursue the diplomatic option.