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To: RegulatorCountry

Help me with some history please. Thought that washington led his army as commander in chief even though hed was not president?


24 posted on 08/01/2010 8:27:43 PM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: keving

The role of President didn’t exist yet, let alone combined with Commander in Chief of the military. It wasn’t a given that they would be, even at the Convention.


25 posted on 08/01/2010 10:11:49 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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