On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:12:16 -0700, Charles Spitzer wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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I suppose the case could be made that spreading freedom "promote[s] the
common
defence". There's room for an interesting discussion on that subject, to
be
sure. The Constitution does specify that the President is
Commander-in-Chief
of the nation's military, and it places little restriction on his exercise
of
that role.

except for declaring war, which congress has to do.

Had the Gulf War I ever technically ended?