It was a weekend, and the doctor on call at Rogan's cardiology practice refused authorization, saying that my father "might die immediately".
countered that Congress has a "constitutional responsibility" to address the aging war authorization, saying that 16 months would leave plenty of time.
A Republican leadership aide, speaking without authorization, said that leadership offices were in fact "unhappy" with Paul for "such a blatant, self-promoting move" that lent itself easily to stories that the party remains divided.
"That's very worrying to a lot of Democrats," he continued, "because it means that when the new one expires, the next president can simply rely on this old authorization and say, 'That gives me the authority to go after whoever I want, wherever I want, in any way I want.'".
It was Mr. Flick who, on Mr. Scully's orders, sent Mr. Foster an e-mail message last year warning him not to release his figures without Mr. Scully's authorization and saying that "the consequences for insubordination are very severe".
But before that can happen, the African Union needs authorization from the United Nations Security Council to expand its mission, and Kenyan officials have said that process could take months.
In an interview on Thursday with the talk radio station WVLK, Mr. McConnell dismissed the idea that the authorization was an earmark, saying that the Army Corps of Engineers had requested the money and that other senators had been able to review the deal and none asked for it to be removed.
But she disagreed, saying that the government's interpretation went beyond the text of the 2001 authorization.
And yet NBC News reported that the majority of the President's national-security staff was against the decision to ask for authorization; the AP said that officials "describe a president overriding all his top national security advisers".
"I think it's very important that we find a way to get to yes on an authorization," said Schiff.
Nabil Shaath, a minister in the Palestinian Authority, said in Damascus that Mr. Bush's remarks showed that "the American authorization to assassinate Palestinians continues".
