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Re: by jemmyw on Thursday April 17, 2025 @05:51AM (#43714746)
> and gave one of them command of the entire US military

The US didn't have a military and resisted having a standing army until WWI.

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Re: by bamboozled on Thursday April 17, 2025 @07:09AM (#43715171)
The point still stands though ? At some point , the president become “commander in chief”
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