Does Title 10 allow brigade commanders to issue combat deployment orders to a foreign country without authorization from “the President”, when the authorization to use force requires that the decision to use force be made by “the President”?
Aha! Now I understand where the disconnect is, butter. You are equating the act of committing forces with the order to deploy forces. The two are not the same.
Give me a minute to pull up the specific law and I’ll provide a link for you.
The legal authority to deploy forces rests with the Secretary of Defense.