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Comments [2]
Just sadly disappointing.
So do I have this right? It is the Secretary of Defense that has discretion in the matter not the President of the United States of America aka the Commander in Chief aka the Secretary of Defense's boss? Guess the buck doesn't stop at the Presidents desk any more.
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