If Biden doesn’t have CiC automatically authority, how do you explain him giving the orders for the Afghanistan withdrawal? Also the Commander having to wait for the the Pentagon/State Dept to approve action for the Marines to take out the suicide bomber at the airport? The delayed action is what led to the death of 13 soldiers + many other injured. Then there was the retaliatory missile strike that killed a bunch of innocents including Afghan kids. Who had the authority to approve that?

If Biden doesn’t have CiC automatically authority, how do you explain him giving the orders for the Afghanistan withdrawal? Also the Commander having to wait for the the Pentagon/State Dept to approve action for the Marines to take out the suicide bomber at the airport? The delayed action is what led to the death of 15 soldiers. Then there was the retaliatory missile strike that killed a bunch of innocents including Afghan kids. Who had the authority to approve that?