RHEL 6 - How to privilege a regular user to run Add-Remove Software within Gnome desktop?

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Issue

How can I allow users to install updates using "System>Administration>Software Update" in GNOME without them being prompted for the root password?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
Gnome Desktop

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