The phrase "authorize a response" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when granting permission for someone to provide an answer or reply, often in formal or official contexts.
Example: "The manager will authorize a response to the client's inquiry once all the necessary information is gathered."
Alternatives: "approve a reply" or "permit a response".
What degree of certainty is needed about an alleged attacker before authorizing a response?
This is a reality the legislators who passed the AUMF never could have imagined or desired when they authorized a response to the attacks.
"I urge Congress to vote 'yes' on the resolution authorizing a military response to Bashar Assad's illegal and immoral use of chemical weapons to murder more than one thousand innocent people," Albright said in a statement.
Governments can bring their concerns to the Security Council, which has the power to authorize a collective or unilateral response that can include sanctions, embargoes and the use of force.
(D) Complete the appropriate items in Section V of DD Form 2654 when the member fails to respond within the time authorized for a response, or asserts that exigencies of military duty caused the absence of the member from an appearance in the judicial proceeding upon which the Involuntary Allotment Application is sought.
The memorandum was issued in response to a request from the agency to authorize a slate of interrogation techniques to be used in secret jails abroad.
The union advised members vote to authorize a strike.
In Washington, Johnson briefed Obama, who authorized an integrated government response.
The Security Council tonight unanimously endorsed Secretary General Kofi Annan's agreement with Iraq on weapons inspections, but without authorizing an automatic military response if Baghdad fails to comply.
In response, legislators in some states have authorized a return to older execution methods, at least as "backup plans" if drug-based executions are impossible to carry out.
