Obama declared then that lawmakers should have a role in sanctioning military action.
The jury, apparently, believes defense contentions that the C.I.A. had sanctioned their actions.
In both cases, whether or not the boss sanctioned these actions, the tone came from the top.
Agent B must not be the scapegoat: if his actions were sanctioned, the person at the top of the chain of command who sanctioned those actions must be held responsible and accountable.
Iraqis may now read the dreadful revelations about torture and abuse in their own newspapers, and, if they wish, boot out politicians who sanction these actions.
Both abstained in the vote on the resolution sanctioning action against Libya in March.
Parliament was relatively unanimous in sanctioning action: this is a brutal, dangerous group of growing capabilities, hostile to the West and to local non-Sunni people alike.
He said Mr. bin Laden and his associates, citing the American participation in the Persian Gulf war, began to issue fatwahs, or religious opinions, to his group, which sanctioned actions against American interests.
Rodney Joffe, senior technologist at the security software manufacturer Neustar Inc. and a regular cyber-security advisor to the White House, said counterattacks and even legally sanctioned actions provide only temporary relief.
The state refused to sanction Bond's actions, thus one must wonder what state right was violated?
The states as well as the United States have sanctioned cooperative action by farmers; have restricted their amenability to the anti-trust laws; have relieved their organizations from taxation.
