United StatesQuestion 42 (2025 list) · System of government

Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?

  1. aThe Vice President
  2. bThe Speaker of the House
  3. cThe PresidentCorrect answer
  4. dThe Chief Justice

Why?

The President is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military. This keeps the armed forces under the control of an elected civilian leader.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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