Sentence examples for barely authorized from inspiring English sources

"With the exception of the Brits, who have high-quality combat forces, the rest of the coalition forces have capabilities ranging from untrained light infantry with peacekeeping, not peacemaking, rules of engagement, to units barely authorized to protect themselves," he said.

His actions in both Afghanistan and Iraq were fully authorized by the legislative branch — a fact barely acknowledged by Dean as he hyperventilates over the most extreme arguments of John Yoo and other conservative theorists of executive power.

(Consider that Americans barely protested at the news that President Bush had authorized government agents to secretly listen in on our phone calls and read our emails).

Probably because, under the I.T.U.'s use-it-or-lose-it policy, having a barely functioning piece of junk is better than letting an authorized parking space sit empty.

Barely a week before he leaves office, U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has authorized controversial new legislation that grants America's 16 intelligence organizations access to raw communications data from the NSA's surveillance efforts.

Thatcher authorized her release.

Who authorized these payments?

In August, Atlantis authorized surgery.

I also authorized unlimited overtime.

The bureau authorized his role.

The $137.5 million center, authorized by Congress in 1988, opened on July 4 and promptly made news when the wood and steel frame erected outside for the inaugural ceremony collapsed, barely missing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.