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The Commander-in-Chief clause has been used to justify all of the following presidential decisions except
 
  a. the Bay of Pigs invasion by President Kennedy.
  b. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by President Johnson.
  c. American troops being sent into Lebanon by President Reagan.
  d. the bombing in Kosovo directed by President Clinton.
  e. the intervention into Libya by President Obama.

Question 2

According to the text, which of the following presidents established the boldest precedents with the commander-in-chief clause and thus made the war power his own?
 
  a. George Washington
  b. Thomas Jefferson
  c. James Polk
  d. Abraham Lincoln
  e. William McKinley


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Reply #1 on: Sep 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


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Reply #2 on: Sep 3, 2018
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