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  • Among the kingly powers still residing in the American presidency are the pardon, the veto and the title Commander-in-Chief.

    Joe Lauria: Inauguration Shouldn't be a Coronation 2009

  • Apparently the founding fathers used the term Commander - in-Chief very sparingly and only under tight controls.

    of red phones and the President as Commander -n -Chief 2008

  • Have you ever heard of the term Commander-in-chief?

    Think Progress » President Bush: ‘I’m The Decision-Maker’ 2007

  • The title Commander in Chief derives from the wording of Article II of the Constitution, in which the Founding Fathers said that a president would simultaneously be the top general of the military.

    Bush War III: Going to War to Save His Hide 2006

  • Roosevelt personally promoted the Director of Naval Intelligence, Captain Walter Anderson, to rear admiral and gave him command of all Pacific Fleet battleships with the title Commander Battleships.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Roosevelt personally promoted the Director of Naval Intelligence, Captain Walter Anderson, to rear admiral and gave him command of all Pacific Fleet battleships with the title Commander Battleships.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Roosevelt personally promoted the Director of Naval Intelligence, Captain Walter Anderson, to rear admiral and gave him command of all Pacific Fleet battleships with the title Commander Battleships.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Roosevelt personally promoted the Director of Naval Intelligence, Captain Walter Anderson, to rear admiral and gave him command of all Pacific Fleet battleships with the title Commander Battleships.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • At 66, the conductor John Eliot Gardiner may look like a courtly, silver-haired eminence, worthy of his title Commander of the Order of the

    WN.com - Articles related to Pettitte Again Shows His Toughness 2009

  • KAYNE aka the Commander is connected to Avery Aviation in

    ROBERT KANE 2010

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