"It is very difficult to have two heads of authority," she told HuffPost Live.
In a statement, Mr. Sharon's office said that the war was started by the Palestinian Authority, and would only end when Yasir Arafat, the head of the authority, ordered an end to the attacks.
"Nobody can put in doubt the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority or that of Mr. Arafat as elected president at the head of this Authority," he said.
Robert Moses used his power as head of that authority to remake the New York landscape.
He said when he was head of the authority, the staff were "tremendously impressive".
You cannot put your people at the head of every authority and say it's as democratic as the United States.
The letter from the head of provisional authority, L. Paul Bremer III, asked that Mr. Annan send electoral experts to Iraq next week.
Mr. Christian succeeded Simeon Golar, whose three-year tenure as head of the authority had frequently been stormy.
The head of the authority also vowed to ground any airline that did not receive international safety certification by Dec. 1.
Mr. Samuelson urged the next head of the authority to focus on preserving transit workers' jobs and subway service, before turning to long-term capital projects.
