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struggle4progress

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9. The military doesn't have the authority to change the US Code, which reflects enacted law:

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 01:20 AM

May 2013

and regulations are typically collected in the CFR, not in the USC

So the article's assertion "... By making a few subtle changes to a regulation in the U.S. Code ... the military has quietly granted itself ..." is problematic

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