The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

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Chamorro a figurehead by retaining effective control of such portfolios as that of the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and Minister of Interior (responsible for the security services).

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After all, the president of a nation, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, is very much like the chief of a tribe or the patriarch (and perhaps someday, the matriarch) of a clan.

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It said that as prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces he had entire security organs under his control, but they operated only under the law and not out of sectarian or party considerations.

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