and congress has raised a standing army that has been around
Posted on: April 8, 2017 at 22:37:36 CT
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for over 200 years. Once congress raised that army the president became commander in chief. The president does not have power to declare war but outside of that he has full power to oversee military operations. That would include lobbing a few cruise missiles at the Syrians.