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« on: May 10, 2012, 12:35:22 PM »
No, because of this:

Quote from: angus on May 09, 2012, 01:22:55 PM
He is not.  The whole point was to have the military under the control of a civilian.  It was never the Founders intent that the president be a member of the army he commands.  See, for example, Alexander Hamilton in Federalist Papers number 28, or James Madison's comments in number 41.
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