Instead, Obama has asked Congress to authorize a plan to arm and train 5,000 "vetted, moderate" Syrian rebel troops in Saudi Arabia to take on the Islamic State militants, whose army the CIA estimates has swollen to as many as 31,000.
Engelhard, the United States chemical company that has been resisting an uninvited takeover approach from Germany's BASF, said Wednesday that its board has authorized a recapitalization plan.
But one general authorized a daring plan that could have led to Federal occupation more than a year and a half earlier: a scheme that, today, is popularly remembered as the Great Locomotive Chase.
A federal judge on Wednesday authorized a new plan allowing protesters at next month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland to demonstrate in an area that will be readily visible to convention goers.
At the August meeting, BlackRock directors authorized a share repurchase plan intended to enhance shareholder value.
President Obama had signed a secret order in April — months earlier than previously reported — authorizing a C.I.A. plan to begin arming the Syrian rebels.
Unwilling to take on that risk, the Legislature instead decided in 2012 to authorize a savings plan based on Individual Retirement Accounts, whose payouts would vary according to how well their investments performed.
