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Re: Fidelity and the Oath of Office.
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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
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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It's not a matter of him being a member of the military, its a matter of him setting an example to the men he commands.
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