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| '''Combatant commander''' (CCDR) is the post of a major military leader of ] armed forces, of a ]. | |||
| The ] of ] added a new level of CCDR to the U.S. military's ]. Regional combatant commanders were created in order to have a local supreme commander who could exercise unified command and control across service boundaries, ideally eliminating or diminishing ]. CCDRs reported directly to the ], and through him to the ]. The best-known combatant commander was probably ], Commander, U.S. Central Command (]) during ]. | |||
| The term "Commander in Chief" has a long history of use in English-speaking armed forces, designating an overall multi-service commander in a theater of operations; and the commanders of the unified and specified commands had been called Commanders-in-Chief ("CINCs") for decades until October 24, 2002, when Secretary of Defense ] suddenly announced that the title of "Commander-in-Chief" would thereafter be reserved for the President,{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} since Article II of the ] provides that the President is commander in chief of the army and navy. Armed forces CINCs in specified regions would thereafter be known as "combatant commanders," heading what are now known as ]s. | |||
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