CIC has nothing to do with commanding? Really?
Oh now, I didn’t say that. Please don’t put words in my mouth.
If my CO tells me to appear in front of him and that order is given to me in written form, then I had better appear or suffer the consequences. President Obama didn’t give Lakin a written order to appear before his CO, Lakin’s CO did and those two specifications are what will (for sure) get him in trouble.
He can argue the missing movement part, and perhaps he’ll get away with it, but I don’t see how he can use President Obama’s citizenship as his excuse for not following those two orders.