David Cameron was right to take military action to stop Gaddafi massacring his own people during the Libyan uprising of 2011: the action was sanctioned by the UN, proportionate, had no chance of escalating into an occupation.
Several governments have expressed reluctance to plunge into the battle against terrorism solely on Washington's request and have said they would prefer that any action be sanctioned by the United Nations, an organization long disdained by conservative Republicans and sometimes by the Bush administration.
Giffen's attorneys have argued that he is not guilty because his actions were sanctioned by the U.S. government.
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.
The governor of the Krasnodar region apologised for the actions of the Cossacks, who are being used as informal security at the Olympics, but the presence of many plainclothes security officers suggested their actions were sanctioned.
Speaking rapid-fire Arabic, Gadhafi said the use of military power was contrary to the spirit of the U.N., unless such actions are sanctioned by the United Nations.
The World Owl Trust claims the eagle owl should be protected by the European Union birds directive and has warned it will take legal action if a cull is sanctioned.
If EPA had instead instructed a state, "You must do X, you must pass a certain law, you have to take a certain action or be sanctioned," that would raise serious 10th Amendment concerns.
After Dubois established that the action had been sanctioned by the British, some of the prisoners were released after promising not to take up arms again.
But the government does not support a formal apology, Herron said, because it "could imply that present generations are in some way responsible and accountable for the actions of earlier generations, actions that were sanctioned by the laws of the time, and that were believed to be in the best interests of the children concerned".
Another that would permit such action if it were sanctioned by the United Nations was approved.
