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Old 07-02-2009
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Re: Fidelity and the Oath of Office.

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Originally Posted by Commodore View Post
Last I knew, adultery is a court-martial level offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Shouldn't the President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Governors, and Commander-in-Chief of the State National Guard, be held to the same standard?
The president is not a member of the armed services. The military is under civilian control. The president is the main civilian authority over the military. (I seem to recall Clinton using the same bogus argument in a completely different context. He was wrong, too.)
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