He believes the use of extreme measures in such cases should be personally authorized by the president.
It's the president, after all, who must personally authorize each institution's voting delegate.
"I also said," the Seal responded calmly, "that you were not personally authorized to harm her."
This is highly classified information and I am personally authorizing your new clearance to hear it.
In this instance, however, Her Majesty has personally authorized it.
Under current law, President Bush would have to authorize personally any such change in the existing executive order governing intelligence operations.
As a result of this loss, Stalin insisted on personally authorizing the use of any large ships.
The chief executive, Richard L. Scott, personally authorized much of that.
President Bush personally authorized the retaliation threat in the summer and would almost certainly make the final decision now, but he was campaigning out of town today.
If this accident had been caused by any of the cutbacks he had personally authorized .