McChrystal had a penchant for pushing the limits of authority as evidenced by public ridicule of Mr. Biden's thoughts on the Afghan strategy last year at a London speech, allowing an entertainment magazine reporter with such close access over a nearly two week period was an appalling rookie mistake.
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The State Department stands "ready to assist incarcerated citizens and their families within the limits of our authority in accordance with international law, " the agency says.
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Special Agent Warren Worth, an Army criminal investigator, testified last week that there was confusion at Abu Ghraib over where the outer limits of this authority lay, and how far the military police soldiers (like England) should go in softening up detainees.
Because of the limits of city authority and exemptions made for other reasons, the ban on supersized beverages doesn't cover alcoholic drinks or many lattes and other milk-based concoctions, and it doesn't apply at supermarkets or many convenience stores including 7-Eleven, home of the Big Gulp.
Lawmakers have eschewed limits on authority out of fear that they would be blamed if another attack occurred.
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While there are, theoretically, some limits on the authority of the other two branches of this supranational institution, discretion about the extent of the tribunal's jurisdiction is exclusively in its hands.
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This is what becomes genuinely disturbing: This blanket assertion of authority has no discernible limits.
That is because George Bush's fast-track negotiating authority which limits the ability of America's Congress to unravel any trade agreement runs out in July 2007.
In Pittsburgh, the cradle of the American energy industry in the 19th century, banned new drilling projects within city limits in 2010, but the state is challenging the authority of cities to issue such bans.
Under the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the Hague regulations of 1907 the coalition has clear responsibilities and clear limits to its authority.
"Clearly, Blair's authority in the party, although not smashed, has shown its limits, " Professor John Curtice, of the University of Strathclyde, told Reuters.
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