"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:40:51 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


The DoD is Congressional Authority delegated to the Executive. There is
no
DoD in the US Constitution.

The DoD is, as you indicate, not mentioned in the Constitution. None
of the Cabinet is mentioned in the Constitution. It was assumed, based
on experience with other democracy's chief executive operations
(including the PM in the British Parliament) that the President would
be assisted by trusted associates in managing the government. (As an
aside, DoD only came into being in 1947 as a replacement for the DoW.)

All Cabinet level Executive positions are Congressional Authority delegated
to the Excutive. The reason the GAO can investigate Cabinet level officers
and their offices is because they exist as an extension of Congress.

But, more importantly, the power of the President is inherent in the
Constitution and is delegated by the States. The Congress, as a
co-equal branch of government has no delegational authority.

LOL

The Congress has proven that they can Delegate spending authority to the
Executive.

The President is designated in the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief
of the military and by law may not be a military person. The tradition
of civilian control of the military is a basic tenet of stable
democratic systems.

Non-sequitur.

The President of these United States is Commander of the Military because
George Washington insisted on the Power. Washington, as Commander of the
Army of Virginia, was the most powerful man in North America and he was not
interested in being President without command of the Military.

No George Washington, no Constitution.

There's still an empty seat in my American Government class any time
you're in the neighborhood, John.

I would not wish to be contaminated by your negative knowledge, Rasimus.