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serving or advancing the foreign interests or relations
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of the United States, there would seem to be equally
little doubt, although it has been contended by some that
the exercise of this discretion can be limited by con-
gressional statute. That Congress has this right to limit
or to forbid the sending of United States forces outside
of the country in time of peace has been asserted by so
eminent an authority as Ex-Secretary Root. It would seem
to the author, however, that the President, under his
powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, and his
general control of the foreign relations of the United
States, has this discretionary right constitutionally
vested in him, and, therefore, not subject to congressional
control.'
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