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According to the US Constitution, the President, as the head of the Executive Branch of the government, is also the head of the US Military: "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States..." In other words, while it is Congress that has the power to declare war, it is the President who commands and directs that war, and sets the US policy for how that war will be waged. Thus, while the military generals and colonels and other officers are the ones who develop whatever strategy will produce the desired result, all of the officials in the military report to the president, since he is their Commander in Chief.

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