That position was met with skepticism by lawmakers of his own party who argued for more caution before authorizing involvement in Syria.
The White House only authorized military involvement in response to the rise of the Islamic State, which has grown strong amid Syria's civil war.
The first measure, which would have authorized U.S. involvement, was not expected to pass the Republican-led House, where fiscal conservatives and "tea party" freshmen have expressed increased skepticism about stretching the military thin.
Though Albert Gore voted to authorize American involvement in August 1964, by the end of that year he was pushing for a negotiated settlement with the Communists.
Fears for his safety had grown since the British parliament voted last month to authorize British involvement in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.
International support for the allied intervention is already wavering, just days after enforcement of the no-fly zone, and President Obama is in the hot seat at home for not having properly consulted Congress prior to authorizing U.S. involvement.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing U.S. involvement in the NATO-led mission in Libya, a small step forward in a stubborn legal stalemate between Congress and the White House over the war.
The involvement of Nir in any such meeting was bound to give the impression that top-level Israelis backed such deals, but it is unclear whether Nir's involvement was authorized by higher Israeli officials.
Their involvement was authorized by their respective institutions, essentially the ministries of health of their countries and the participating NGOs.
Beyond the reluctance of key Bush administration officials to give the U.N. a prominent role in any postwar Iraq, there is the question of just how the U.N. can authorize its own involvement.
However, as you can imagine, there are plenty of federal court cases that can't be delayed, and in those cases a judge can authorize the continued involvement of the federal lawyers and things will proceed.
