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However what is not clearly stated is what powers does the President have to engage troops in conflicts that are not engagements of war such as when our troops are being attacked or when another nation attacks a U.S. The reason behind this is was because the founding fathers had just gain their independence from a monarchy who had unlimited power to do whatever he wanted with his military forces, so they felt it essential that a division of powers should exist to limit the powers of the President to just commanding the armed forces. Article I, Section Eight Clause 11 of the Constitution says that “ The Congress shall have power… To declare war…” In Article II, Section 2 the Constitution says “ The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States…” Clearly the authors of the Constitution intended that Congress should have the sole responsibility for declaring war and that the President would have the power to command the troop once war has been declared, a clear division of power regarding war.
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