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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.
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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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