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Old 06-30-2009
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Re: Military Coup in Honduras

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jviehe
Not quite true either. The congress has the power to raise an army, and make rules for its regulation. If they do, the president is the commander of it.
But Congress cannot order the military to do anything in particular, on the President can. Congress could not, for example, order the Joint Chiefs to send troops into a country because Congress is displeased with something going on there.
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