Describe a situation in which you were asked to give permission to someone else for something

when one of my children needs permission to go on a field trip for school I have to sign a permission slip.

if somebody asks me permission to speak freely and I said no they would be disrespecting me if they continued but if I said yes I could then say what they want without me taking it offensively

the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.