Other commanders in chief have strongly backed a preferred successor.
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Wesley K. Clark: I served under eight commanders in chief.
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Franklin was also recognized by more than one commanders in chief.
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Early commanders in chief rarely spoke to the American people at all.
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Our commanders-in-chief, not our commanders in the field, are responsible for this failure.
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Our previous commanders-in-chief conducted policy to advance their vision of the national interest.
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Our nation has had other Commanders-in-Chief who have not served in the military.
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Both stand at the Rubicon of being widely seen as appealing presidents and commanders in chief.
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In fact, since President Carter ... almost all Commanders-in-Chief have used the same language in proclamations.
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The past four decades have featured a string of ambivalent, and now openly antagonistic, commanders-in-chief.
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Each president also has the authority to reverse executive actions that previous commanders-in-chief have handed down.
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And sometimes, presidential sarcasm can simply lead to commanders in chief being accused of acting in bad taste.
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Future commanders-in-chief Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush were among the first crop of opposition responders.
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In honor of President's Day, an empirical ranking of the best animal companions of US commanders-in-chief.
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Since Watergate, presidential candidates and commanders in chief have made a practice of releasing them to the public.
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Our current president is a former reality TV star, so what does that mean for future commanders-in-chief?
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McRaven contrasted those presidents with Trump, who he hoped would take on some of values of previous commanders-in-chief.
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Given the sheer size and complexity of the federal government, it's no surprise commanders-in-chief often find themselves frustrated.
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White House sources told CNN that Trump had made no attempt to reach out to the former commanders-in-chief.
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Each Thursday in May, our #TBT series will highlight some of the best commencement addresses delivered by recent commanders in chief.
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While he's interviewed countless commanders in chief and lawmakers, Lamb expresses doubt that another president will be added to that list.
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Jim Lowell, 65, a retired Navy commander, served under commanders in chief, so he felt qualified to assess applicants for the job.
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From squirrel stew to cheeseburger pizza, these commanders in chief didn't let their time at America's most famous address change their tastes.
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Past commanders in chief, especially in the post-9/11 era, have taken pains to avoid injecting partisanship into Independence Day events.
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Despite the complicated dynamics that may arise, many commanders in chief have relied heavily on family members once in the Oval Office.
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Commanders in chief found they had limited options against the bearded leader of an island nation just 90 miles off America's southern shores.
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Trump is the latest in a long line of incoming commanders in chief flexing their executive muscles the first week on the job.
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The presidential transition process reflects a key facet of a functioning democracy, especially when outgoing and incoming commanders-in-chief are ideological opposites.
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"It's my understanding generals are supposed to answer to their commanders in chief, not the other way around," the former administration official added.
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And at this program, children can find out which one famously hated broccoli, along with other intriguing facts about past commanders in chief.
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But it is worth going through various categories by which commanders-in-chief are judged to see how Trump and his administration fared.
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In counseling Trump, Obama also acted in the best tradition of commanders in chief who must defend the nation against enemies foreign and domestic.
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Trump joins the line-up at the museum's President's Gallery, which serves as home to wax figures of all the past commanders in chief.
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Except for the fact that Nazis don't seem to mind him too much, Mr. Trump is the Captain von Trapp of commanders in chief.
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On Monday, the doctors and key medical staff were off marking their appreciation for the nation's commanders-in-chief or whatever, but some routines resumed.
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"Our commanders-in-chief, not our commanders in the field, are responsible for this failure," he added, referring to Trump and former President Barack Obama.
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A number of members are doing the usual congressional war dance which breaks out when wannabe commanders-in-chief push the president to take action!
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"Previous commanders in chief have noted that people who have gone from the Hill to the executive branch don't always make superb executives," he said.
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This fall, as one of the most dramatic presidential elections in recent memory unfolds, television audiences are finding themselves overrun with fictional commanders in chief.
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From the moment Trump joined the long line of our commanders in chief, he began to change the terms and the tenor of the job.
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Clinton, Mr. Comey has at once revived his reputation for confronting commanders in chief and resurrected the spirit of the F.B.I.'s most infamous high priest.
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Washington (CNN)US presidents mourned the loss Wednesday of evangelist Billy Graham, who served as a spiritual counsel and personal confidant to numerous commanders in chief.
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National days of mourning are a rare occurrence, mostly recognizing former commanders in chief and involving remembrance events, so here's how this one may affect you:
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This Presidents' Day, you can take a step back in time and learn about our former Commanders-in-Chief thanks to a handy new feature from Google.
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He was one of the five living US commanders in chief at the event; Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama all attended along with President Donald Trump.
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Commanders in chief must accept the responsibilities that come with holding the fate of the world at their fingertips, while simultaneously admitting that they are only human.
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The most striking difference between then and now is the responses of the commanders in chief, and how those reactions affect the country's long-simmering racial tensions.
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Even so, commanders in chief cannot subcontract their most sacred duties; what the United States faces at this moment is not some routine tactical maneuver or choice.
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And one of the most polarizing commanders in chief in history focused on putting the finishing touches on a speech that he hoped would bring Americans together.
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He is the most inexperienced new president in history, and lacks the political networks and insider contacts that most commanders-in-chief take for granted when they take office.
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Talib was brutally honest at LAX Monday ... about President Trump's first 100 days in office, and his belief the bar is set incredibly low for white Commanders in Chief.
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Clinton: I'll say the words 'radical Islamism' In doing so, they emulate the unifying instincts shown by past commanders in chief at moments of extreme national grief and fear.
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The comments also came at a time when the President is undergoing a crisis of the kind of credibility commanders-in-chief need during a major national security crisis.
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" The actor says he drew inspiration from some real-life former commanders in chief for the role: "I looked back at everybody, all the way to [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.
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Franklin — who performed for several commanders in chief — belted out songs before the Obamas several times, including at the 2009 presidential inauguration and at the White House in 2015.
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It is one of the key legislative victories of President Trump, a crowning jewel for his record as one of the most deregulatory commanders in chief in modern history.
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A Washington eatery just steps from the White House is getting in the Presidents' Day spirit with a line-up of drinks inspired by the country's commanders in chief.
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Starting with President Harry Truman's actions in Korea, commanders in chief have deployed troops overseas without requesting a formal declaration of war from Congress, as FDR had done in 1941.
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Whatever happens over the next one or five years, Trump's name will dwell in infamy alongside Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as the only commanders-in-chief to be impeached.
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At stake is the balance of power between Congress and the President: Will precedents be set that could leave it impossible for lawmakers to keep future commanders in chief in check?
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The fact that so many previous commanders-in-chief managed to govern while avoiding conflicts of interest is a strong indication that making it a requirement would not functionally cripple the president.
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John McCain after the Arizona Republican senator's passing was announced — including two ex-commanders in chief who bested the GOP "maverick" in separate races for the Oval Office that always eluded him.
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Or that Mr. Trump, asked about Mr. Owens's criticism on "Fox & Friends," refused to accept responsibility, as most commanders in chief would do, and instead blamed the military commanders for the operation.
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He has also bucked the press by declining to attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a media awards event that had been attended by past commanders in chief since President Nixon.
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And unlike certain other commanders in chief, he could truthfully describe every action in the first 100 days as the first, the best, the most important thing a US president had ever done.
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This could have a sobering effect on the president, as it has for past commanders-in-chief, who regularly expressed surprise when aspects of their campaigns met the realities of the White House.
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With the notable exception of Hillary Clinton, all the remaining candidates have tried to broaden their appeal by latching onto legendary commanders-in-chief, both in their stump speeches and their campaign ads.
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The point is, Cryan like Papa and other incoming corporate commanders in chief swiftly moved beyond the blame game to formulate credible strategic plans of action designed to improve the organizations they run.
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Montana Senator Jon Tester in particular ought to be ashamed of publicly airing unproven allegations against a Navy Admiral and doctor who has served his nation and three Commanders-in-Chief with honor.
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For at least the past seven presidential election cycles, candidates on both sides have sought to use veterans, military leaders and the military itself to validate their credentials as potential commanders in chief.
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It notes that presidents have withheld evidence from Congress in such disputes throughout history, with similarly defiant positions taken by numerous commanders in chief from President Adams all the way to President Reagan.
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That Illinois speech was a break from tradition -- one where former commanders-in-chief don't criticize their successors -- but Obama argued that Trump's presidency represented a time when everyone needed to stand up.
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The occasion was the funeral of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Carter administration national security adviser and foreign policy institution whose counsel had for decades helped to shape global affairs and guide commanders in chief.
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Kanye, while no Alex Jones, has been similarly outspoken and has publicly expressed his displeasure with commanders in chief during his infamous post-Katrina telethon speech and through a long-simmering feud with Obama.
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Sure, America's commanders in chief don't have to pay for rent, and have access to private jets, Air Force One, and a personal chef, but this lavish lifestyle doesn't come without a price tag.
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"The defence ministers are the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces - you can't leave that position vacant for long," Merkel told a joint news conference on Tuesday with the visiting Moldovan prime minister.
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While there was a drawdown of more than 100,000 troops, Obama also greatly expanded upon George W. Bush's war powers and set a disturbing precedent for future commanders-in-chief to wage war unilaterally.
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The study includes Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Ronald Reagan among former commanders-in-chief who have battled a variety of mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders (particularly alcohol).
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Bun B told TMZ last week that President Trump would not be among the VIPs featured at the charity event, unless he agreed to appear among a group of former living commanders in chief.
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While the President is the head of the entire federal bureaucracy -- and the Justice Department falls within that -- typically commanders-in-chief allow the law enforcement wing to operate in a largely autonomous manner.
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But Trump is different, lives more in the moment than most commanders in chief and appears to have deep confidence in his capacity to weather and tame controversies, especially those of his own making.
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The news site said the taxpayer money — part of the Former Presidents Act, which gives assistance to past commanders-in-chief — also helped to buy IT equipment at the Clinton Foundation and to compensate aides.
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Breaking the code of silence that retired commanders in chief normally maintain about their successors, both George W. Bush and Barack Obama delivered clear jabs at the current occupant of the Oval Office on Thursday.
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Trump's approval ratings throughout his presidency have been historically low compared to past commanders in chief, though recent surveys have shown his figures climbing into the mid-28503s — just in time for the midterm elections.
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Trump's election, which came after he demeaned and humiliated the family members of three ex-presidents and made racist insinuations about his predecessor, has shaken the traditional fraternity of past and current commanders in chief.
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Trump hinted he may go to Afghanistan, a country he has yet to visit almost two years into his presidency, even though previous U.S. commanders-in-chief have routinely visited troops in active war zones.
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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey fired back at President Trump for claiming that former President Obama and other past commanders in chief didn't call the families of fallen U.S. service members.
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But ever since George W. Bush peered from the windows of the presidential jet at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, commanders in chief have understood that getting the politics of storm season right is crucial.
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And, the fact that a high-profile, high-stakes summit between the commanders in chief of the world&aposs two biggest nuclear powers could be held without a solid achievement or failure to point to has flummoxed many.
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The retired peanut farmer, 93, has been less vocal than other former commanders in chief about the goings-on in the White House, but in a recent interview with The Washington Post, Carter seared Trump's policies and character.
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Since 2000, the western South Dakota city has been populating its streets and sidewalks with life-size bronze statues of the nation's past commanders-in-chief — an art instillation meant to honor the legacy of the American presidency.
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"The first thing I thought of when she told me that were the presidents, and how they age and get prematurely gray," said Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University, referring to American commanders in chief.
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To return the Odd Fellows serpent staff that the museum borrowed to its place, Ms. Daniel will take down a cane that carries the faces and names of the commanders in chief from George Washington to Grover Cleveland.
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He gave a well-received speech to a joint session of both chambers of Congress, and for a moment it seemed that the President would finally bask in the honeymoon that most new commanders in chief get to enjoy.
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You may not be able to grab a beer with Bill Clinton or sit down for supper with the Obamas, but you can certainly visit establishments where the country's Commanders-in-Chief have wined and dined over the years.
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Unlike his fellow former commanders in chief — George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who often travel via private jet — Carter and his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn, prefer to share their flights with the American people.
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WASHINGTON — Two images, one filled with tension and action, one static and posed, depict the country's commanders in chief at significant, and parallel, moments in their presidencies — overseeing missions to capture and kill terrorists long sought by the United States.
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RELATED: Democrats accuse Trump of disloyalty over Clinton emails Nominees are viewed by voters, reporters, their peers and future international counterparts as commanders in chief-in-waiting on whose choice of words lives and crucial national security interests could ultimately depend.
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WASHINGTON — Under a fresh cloud of overseas violence, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded wins with their chief rivals on Tuesday and attacked each other's worldviews as the 2016 presidential contest turned into a clash of would-be commanders in chief.
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Foreign policy is rarely decisive in elections, but since charting America's course abroad is an area where a President has the most power to act alone, it's often been a refuge for commanders in chief at times of political stress.
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But their various commanders in chief over the last several decades have usually been unable to articulate a coherent overall geopolitical strategy, so it would be impossible for a modern-day Sherman (or Grant) to develop a coherent military strategy.
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Left unclear by the Trump administration was the answer to a question that has stumped Washington, including the two previous commanders in chief, since the United States became involved in the war there: What does winning look like in Afghanistan?
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On the morning of every first Thursday in February, commanders-in-chief, both Republican and Democrat, have attended this bipartisan event as a signal of unity and national strength, and to contemplate the role that faith and religion play in American life.
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Even as the protest went on in the House, one of Trump's lawyers was in court close by arguing against the release of the President's tax returns -- to restore a tradition followed by previous commanders in chief but flouted by the current one.
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The Russians, of course, will put on their best face and try to flatter and bedazzle this most distractible of Commanders-in-Chief into making the kind of statements and pledges that will horrify his White House handlers and NATO allies alike.
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RELATED: Wikileaks posts hacked DNC voicemails Commanders in chief and other senior members of the national security establishment speak so carefully, they often resort to the cliches of diplomatic speak in the knowledge that what they say immediately rockets round the world.
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Two other former commanders in chief, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, also leveraged the power of their legacies to decry racial discrimination in a clear swipe at Trump in an unusual breach of the normal protocol of the ex-presidents club.
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Frederica Wilson's account of a condolence telephone call, the President created a fresh political controversy over his response to the Niger attack and his willingness to inject politics into an issue that is typically regarded as sacred by past commanders in chief.
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Commanders-in-chief are elected to lead the nation's legislators to a place where reasonable people on both sides of the aisle can embrace commonsense reforms—not rule by fiat when members of the House and Senate fail to bend to their will.
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Now, the baking whiz is out with an update to his book "Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef's Secrets," which takes the lid off some of the techniques and recipes he honed cooking for commanders in chief.
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For his new book Presidents of War, he spent a decade looking at America's wartime commanders in chief — how they handled the decision to send US troops into combat, how they navigated the politics surrounding war, and how the war changed them personally.
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In response to the emergence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, these aspiring GOP commanders in chief are eager to put more American boots on the ground, forgetting that they have been there all along.
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Nearly all Americans who've served in the last 50 years have taken part in similar exercises, because our military leaders — and commanders in chief from both political parties — recognized the threats posed to our country by the Soviet Union's, and later Russia's, expansionist desires.
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Now the restaurant has turned to John Moeller, a former White House chef (from 1992 to 2005), to work with its executive chef, Billy Oliva, on a menu of dishes that have been served to commanders in chief at Delmonico's and at the White House.
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Former President George W. Bush would regularly travel to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and President Barack Obama would vacation in Hawaii, but both former commanders in chief would pass their hours in private homes, not a club that welcomes hundreds of visitors a day.
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"There is no decision more serious and consequential for presidents and commanders in chief than to order military action," added Michael Rubin, a former adviser on Iraq and Iran at the Pentagon from 2002 to 2004 and resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has indicated that he does not intend to receive daily intelligence briefings about global affairs and national security threats after his inauguration, breaking with a tradition that commanders in chief from both parties have followed since the Cold War.
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"This exceptional diary sheds light on a side of John F. Kennedy seldom explored and confirms America's enduring sense that he was one of the most qualified, intelligent, and insightful commanders-in-chief in American history," said Bobby Livingston, spokesperson at RR Auction, which handled the sale.
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Or, even if we are doomed to suffer through four full years of President Trump, surely voters will flock to the polls in 2020 to ensure that he joins the ranks of the eight previous commanders-in-chief who were deemed undeserving of a second term.
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" Using skills honed from years of using GarageBand, Thomas edited together a catchy podcast open using a rock music track and notable quotes from commanders-in-chief, including Dwight D. Eisenhower warning, "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military industrial complex.
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He followed the course the two commanders in chief before him did: keep military pressure on the Taliban, the hardline Islamist insurgents fighting the US and NATO allies for two decades, until it has no choice but to sign a peace deal with the Afghan government.
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Trump will most likely forgo a visit to the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea when he visits Asia, a senior White House official said earlier this week, bypassing what has been a symbolic opportunity for US commanders-in-chief to stare into the Hermit Kingdom. Rift?
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But that's exactly what the father and daughter team of Roy and Courtney Spence did — and in just 48 hours — when they helped organize and film bipartisan PSAs for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma relief featuring former commanders in chief Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will most likely forgo a visit to the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea when he visits Asia next month, a senior White House official said Monday, bypassing what has been a symbolic opportunity for US commanders in chief to stare into the Hermit Kingdom.
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Precisely because we have a president with no moral authority, we need parents and principals, mayors and teachers, to be our "commanders in chief" — for the next three and half years — to inspire and scale the best of what is in our society, what's so clearly on display in these far-flung military outposts.
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The morning after voters had their first general-election chance to size up Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump back-to-back as potential commanders in chief, Clinton broke her fast on news conferences to coolly condemn Trump's televised discussion of the highly classified CIA briefings that the two candidates have been receiving since becoming the major-party presidential nominees.
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After a botched raid in Yemen in January 2017, which led to the death of Chief Petty Officer William Owens, a member of the Navy SEALs known as Ryan, Mr. Trump appeared to blame the military — a stunning departure from previous presidents, who as commanders in chief have traditionally accepted responsibility for military operations that they ordered.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE has placed last among U.S. commanders in chief in a recent survey of experts.
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Augusto Pinochet's 1980 Constitution, which guided the Chilean transition to democracy in 1989 — and still operates today in a modified form — granted the commanders in chief of the armed forces and the national police permanent offices that allowed dismissal only by the president upon agreement from a National Security Council, which itself was majority dominated by the armed forces.
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President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE is going into the White House with lower expectations from the American people than previous commanders in chief, according to a new CBS News poll.
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Meanwhile, the country has its eyes locked on six would-be Commanders-in-Chief, each with their own social media strategy: Hillary Clinton has arguably the strongest Instagram account of any of the contenders; Bernie Sanders supporters are feeling the Bern on Tumblr; Ted Cruz trolls Donald Trump on Snapchat; and Trump himself has created a movement partly through his powerful and unparalleled use of Twitter.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE — who has frequently clashed with journalists and has called the "fake news media" the "enemy of the people" — has bucked the tradition of commanders in chief attending the VIP event, skipping it the past two years.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's claim this week that he has signed more bills than any other first-year president was rated as "false" by Politifact on Friday, which pointed out Trump actually ranks last among modern commanders in chief when it comes to legislation.
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Jennifer Weiner Among the revelations that have rained down in the wake of Michael Wolff's White House tell-all "Fire and Fury" — the claims and counterclaims, the excerpts and the tweets, the book's vicious portrayal of a clueless, childlike president whose courtiers are forced to produce daily episodes of Short Attention Span Theater — surely the saddest is this: The president of the United States, leader of the free world and famously one of the few pet-less commanders in chief, does not understand how dogs work.
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