But the resolution authorizes the force for only three months.

The resolution then authorized an international civil and security presence in Kosovo.

She said the resolution authorized the county to proceed with negotiations.

He was the only senator to vote against a resolution authorizing Lincoln to use "the entire resources of the government" for the war.

"It would require a separate resolution, if one were needed, to authorize force," he said.

He had to do something really forceful, like asking for a resolution authorizing the use of force against Saddam.

The resolution authorizing military force after Sept. 11 did not provide that authority, the appeals court said.

The resolution would therefore disband it and authorize a new one.

That resolution authorized the use of force against terrorists.

The administration says a resolution authorizing the president to use military force after the Sept. 11 attacks was such authorization.