Question 42 of 128 · American Government · System of Government
Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?
Accepted answer
- The President (of the United States)
Why this is the answer
The President is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military, the six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces together. The Constitution puts an elected civilian, not a general, at the top of the armed forces on purpose: the military answers to the people through the President they chose. Memory hook: the President commands the military, but only Congress can declare war.