But to those who may feel like that could be in conflict at some point to the Constitution, that's a total. Mischaracterization from Senator Reid as his. As has been most of the hyperbole in the press around this, There is civilian control of the military. Nothing about this is unprecedented. The president deserves to pick his key national security and military advisory team. There are lots of presidents who've made changes from FDR to Eisenhower to H.W. bush to Barack Obama, who fired or dismissed hundreds of militaries during, during his term. (06:36–06:41)
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Asserts that civilian control of the military is not unprecedented.
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