No President had authorized the use of a nuclear weapon since 1945.

The President authorized ten million dollars for this purpose, if needed.

"You are going to be protected by something only the President can authorize."

"Whether or not the president authorizes the use of force, the American people deserve to have jobs."

But he assumed the President had "authorized" such use of the profits.

I do not know if the President authorized this.

The admiral maintained that the President would indeed have authorized it.

It would carry out the mechanics only if the president and Congress authorized a draft.

But he wasn't at all sure that the president would authorize the project's continuance.

We don't have any, and the President wouldn't authorize it even if we did.