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Originally Posted by willravel
I'm not sure if it's the same to say "You can or can't go here" vs. "You can or can't say this". Wouldn't that be military policy? If one wanted to end the lies and misinformation, I mean, could Congress do this?
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Congress can require changes in military policies and practices by force of law...they just stick it in an annual DoD authorization bill....thats how we got "dont ask, dont tell" policy that few in DoD wanted.
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But then again, you may have a president who issues a signing statement to ignore selected provisions of the law...like Bush did this week with the provision in the 2008 DoD Authorization Act that required more accountable of the actions of military contractors.