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In most cases, the chain of command authorizing the use of force runs from the president to the secretary of defense and from the secretary to the combatant commander.
Then they assign personnel and units to the joint combatant commander, like the commanding general of the Central Command (CENTCOM).
And, just as the combatant commanders also report to the secretary of defense, the directors of the national intelligence centers-e.g.
Gore served "as a reporter, not as a combatant," observed Fortune 's Jeffrey Birnbaum on Fox News Sunday . Gore "went to Vietnam, but as journalist, not as an infantryman," agreed USA Today 's Susan Page on CNN's Late Edition . Bush also points out that he tried to volunteer for a Guard program that sent several pilots to Southeast Asia.
The plans would assign operational responsibilities to lead agencies, such as State, the CIA, the FBI, Defense and its combatant commands, Homeland Security, and other agencies.