Both sides appeared to be searching for a way to enlist congressional support without an explicit authorization of force.
The law says that subsidies are to be available through exchanges that are "established by a State," without an explicit authorization of federal exchanges.
But according to a Council diplomat familiar with the talks, the United States was prepared to give up a completely explicit authorization of the use of military force in the first resolution if it would not have to go back to the Council for a second vote, where other members with veto power could block American-led military action.
To the president's critics, the U.S.-U.K. decision to intervene militarily without the explicit authorization of the Council represented what Annan called "a fundamental challenge to the principles on which, however imperfectly, world peace and stability have rested for the last 58 years".
They are conducted without the explicit authorization of the United Nations.
With each campaign stop, Mr. Bush reiterated -- sometimes nearly shouting -- that the United States was willing to disarm Mr. Hussein without the explicit authorization of the United Nations.
"Pursuant to the explicit authorization of the statute, and following the precedent of Presidents Reagan and Bush, the Clintons have applied for reimbursement of their legal fees incurred in connection with the independent counsel's Whitewater investigation," David E. Kendall, the Clintons' personal lawyer, said tonight.
Nov. 25: John N. McMahon, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, says the C.I.A. cannot provide any more covert assistance without an explicit authorization from the President.
The detailed thinking about an American occupation emerges as the administration negotiates a compromise at the United Nations that officials say may fall short of an explicit authorization to use force but still allow the United States to claim it has all the authority it needs to force Iraq to disarm.
We do not know whether they will have the explicit authorization of veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council.
