But the president chose not to issue a direct order to the general.

So why would the President choose a bad legal argument over a better one?

And, quite obviously, it is not the approach the President has chosen.

The President could choose to give some codes the force of law.

And for some reason the presidents had always chosen to stay in.

They are written in the first person, suggesting specific lines the President might choose to use.

The president could either choose one or ask for an entirely new slate.

The report did not recommend which option the President should choose.

That would have been an appropriate reaction, but it's not the one the President chose.

And that is what the President has explicitly chosen to avoid.