According to the constitution, it is incumbent upon the King: to sanction and promulgate laws ; to summon and dissolve the Cortes Generales ( the Parliament ) and to call elections ; to call a referendum under the circumstances provided in the constitution ; to propose a candidate for prime minister, and to appoint or remove him from office, as well as other ministers ; to issue the decrees agreed upon by the Council of Ministers ; to confer civil and military positions, and to award honors and distinctions ; to be informed of the affairs of the State, presiding over the meetings of the Council of Ministers whenever opportune ; to exercise supreme command of the Spanish Armed Forces, to exercise the right to grant pardons, in accordance to the law ; and to exercise the High Patronage of the Royal Academies.

According to the Syrian Constitution, the President of Syria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

According to the Constitution of the Kingdom, serving in the Armed Forces is a duty of all Thai citizens.

According to UN documents, in relation to the adoption and enforcement of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the CSUCS plays " a key role in ensuring implementation at every level.

According to Kevin Benson, the 10th director of the school, " The first ' official ' reference to the School of Advanced Military Studies ( SAMS ) graduates as Jedi Knights was on 12 May 1992 during a meeting of the Committee on Armed Services Military Education Panel in Washington D. C ." Congressman Ike Skelton stated, " we all know that the real stamp of approval came when General Schwarzkopf requested SAMS graduates, sometimes referred to as ' Jedi Knights ," be sent to his headquarters in Riyadh to assist in developing the campaign plan.

According to 10 USC 980, the United States Code for the Armed Forces, Limitations on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, a waiver of advanced informed consent may be granted by the Secretary of Defense if a research project would:

According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies ' Military Balance 2010, the latter includes an Army of 12, 500, a Navy of 500 and a 500-strong Air Force, while the CIA Factbook describes the People's Armed Forces as consisting of the Intervention Force, Aeronaval Force ( navy and air ) and the Development Force.

According to Article 77. 2 of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, adopted in 1977:

According to the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, a hospital ship violating legal restrictions must be duly warned and given a reasonable time limit to comply.

According to the Swedish Armed Forces field manual, a trained fire and maneuver team is as effective as four individual soldiers of same quality.

According to press reports, the Caribbean Bloc of the FARC-EP ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) controls several of the department's gold mines and manages 48. 000 hectares of land through figureheads.

According to the Croatian constitution, the President of Croatia is the Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.

According to the 1992 constitution, the President of Czech Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and appoints and promotes generals.

According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

According to Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the Constitution, the President of the United States is commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

According to French journalist Marie-Monique Robin, author of Escadrons de la mort, l ' école française ( 2004, Death Squads, The French School ), the paternity of Operation Condor is to be attributed to General Rivero, intelligence officer of the Argentine Armed Forces and former student of the French.

According to the not ratified document San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, 12 June 1994, a blockade is a legal method of warfare at sea, but is governed by rules.

According to the federal law, the FSB is considered a military service just like the Armed Forces, MVD Internal Troops, FSO, SVR, FSKN and EMERCOM's civil defence.

According to the Senate Rules Committee, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Armed Services Committee:

According to Army Regulation 600-25, chapter 4, ‘’ Courtesy among members of the Armed Forces is vital to maintain military discipline.

According to Oshii, one of the advantages of shooting the film in Poland was that Polish Armed Forces were willing to lend their equipment ( T-72 tanks and Mi-24 attack helicopters, among others ) to the film makers without any additional fees.

According to the Armed Forces Personnel Act of National Defense Law of the Republic of Korea, the Wonsu is appointed from the Daejang who has distinguished achievements.

According to the ribbons and badges worn by Sadler in a televised performance of " The Ballad of the Green Berets ," he received the following awards for his military service: Army Good Conduct Medal, Army Longevity Service Award, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and the South Vietnamese Parachutist Badge.

According to the Constitution, the President of Pakistan is the civilian commander-in-chief of Pakistan Armed Forces while the Prime Minister of Pakistan served as the Chief Executive of Pakistan Armed Forces, both the people-elected civilians, the President and Prime minister, maintains a civilian control of the military.

According to the document the military of the Republic of Bulgaria should include two mechanized brigades, four regiments ( Logistics, Artillery, Engineering, SpecOps ), four battalions ( Reconnaissance, Mechanized, NBC, PsyOps ) in the Land Forces ; Fighter base, helicopter base, SAM air defense brigade and Air force training base in the Air Force ; and two naval bases in the Navy.

According to a modern history of the regiment, the idea for creating this unique force was proposed by Jacques Prevost, a Swiss soldier and adventurer who was a friend of The Duke of Cumberland ( William, who was the King's second son and was Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

According to an interview of some soldiers of the German Special Forces KSK, the post-operation briefing was broken down by an argument between the KSK soldiers and U. S. soldiers.

According to a 1980 Time Magazine article citing analysts from RAND Corporation, allegedly Soviet non-Slavs, including Jews, Armenians, and Asians were generally barred from senior ranks and from joining elite or strategic positions in the Air Force, Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Soviet Navy because of doubts regarding the loyalty of ethnic minorities.

According to the National Defence Act, furthermore, the Minister of National Defence, is responsible and accountable to Parliament for all matters related to national defence and the Canadian Forces.

According the version of political circles in Washington, Craxi first gave the United States Forces permission to detain the terrorists, but he later reneged on the deal.

According to a story in Ha ' aretz, based on Arab media and interviews with Israeli and Arab sources, Jaradat carried out the bombing as an act of revenge after Israel Defense Forces undercover operatives in Jenin killed her cousin ( Salah, 34 ) and her younger brother ( Fadi, 25 ).

According to the Marine Corps Times, the 20 June 2003 activation of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, which began with Detachment One, paid homage to the Marine Raiders.

According to the U. S .- Japan Status of Forces Agreement U. S. personnel have partial extraterritorial right, so in most cases suspects were not arrested by Japanese authorities.

According to a 1980 TIME Magazine article citing analysts from RAND Corporation, Soviet non-Slavs were generally barred from joining the Strategic Rocket Forces because of suspicions of loyalty of ethnic minorities to the Kremlin.

According to Al Jazeera English, it was formed in 2002 and includes Islah, Yemeni Socialist Party ( YSP ), Hizb Al-Haq ( a semi-religious party ), the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union party.

According to the Israel Defense Forces from September 2000 through 2003, 29 suicide attacks have been carried out by youth under the age of 18, 22 shootings attacks and attacks using explosive devices were carried out by youth under the age of and more than 40 youths under the age of 18 were involved in attempted suicide bombings that were thwarted.

According to Stephen Dorril, at about the same time, Special Branch officers recruited an informant within CND, Stanley Bonnett, on the instructions of MI5.

According to the Law on Stationing Troops in the Macau Special Administrative Region ( or Macau Garrison Law, passed by the NPC Standing Committee on June 28, 1999 ), the mission of the PLA in Macau is to defend the special administrative region by " preventing and resisting aggression ; safe-guarding the security of Macau ; undertaking defence services ; managing military facilities ; and handling related foreign military affairs.

According to a 20-page search warrant affidavit signed by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, Grimsley told investigators he obtained amphetamines, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone from someone recommended to him by former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee.

According to historian and former Special Assistant to President Kennedy Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Rusk was not Kennedy's first choice, but rather the " lowest common denominator ", as Kennedy's first choice, J. William Fulbright, proved too controversial.

According to Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, Kennedy regarded McNamara as the " star of his team, calling upon him for advice on a wide range of issues beyond national security, including business and economic matters.

According to the Land Conservation Council Rivers & Streams Special Investigation 1990, " It is an important example of the large-scale biological systems that were once widespread in south-eastern Australia.

According to a 2006 Special Census conducted at the request of the city government, the population of the city is 27, 717, ranking it as the state's 16th largest city, behind Texarkana.

At the 1964 Venice Film Festival, The Gospel According to St. Matthew was screened in competition for the Golden Lion, and won the OCIC Award and the Special Jury Prize.

According to the report, a 15-member panel, called the Special Study Group, was set up in 1963 to examine what problems would occur if the United States entered a state of lasting peace.

According to The New York Times, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ( SIGIR ) found that “ DynCorp seemed to act almost independently of its reporting officers at the Department of State, billing the United States for millions of dollars of work that were not authorized and beginning other jobs without a go-ahead .” The report states that the findings of DynCorp ’ s misconduct on a $ 188 million job to buy weapons and build quarters for the Iraqi police were serious enough to warrant a fraud inquiry.

On November 22, United States PRS Special Agent Maxwell D. Phillips sent a hand-written memo to Secret Service head James Rowley, stating that, " According to Mr Zapruder the position of the assassin was behind Mr Zapruder.

According to historian and former Special Assistant to President Kennedy Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Fulbright was Kennedy's first choice as Secretary of State, but it was felt he was too controversial.

According to Pierre de Vomécourt, an agent of the Special Operations Executive ( SOE ), he and a Resistance contact began to suspect her.

According to Reedy, he was told by Special Agent Frank Super to leave the sites in his index for later investigation.

According to published reports, sources close to Abu Nidal said Libyan intelligence supplied the weapons and the ANO's head of the Intelligence Directorate's Committee for Special Missions, Dr. Ghassan al-Ali, organized the attacks.

According to Sarah J. Gim of The Huffington Post, " many people assume that " the " Special sauce " used on a McDonald's Big Mac " is just Thousand Island dressing " but it is thicker, sweeter, and has a slightly different taste.

According to the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour ( SAP-FL ), global profits from forced trafficked labour exploited by private agents are estimated at US $ 44, 3 billion per year.

According to an interview with " Jamestown Special Correspondent " Mahan Abedin, Omar Bakri joined Hizb-ut-Tahrir ( HT ) in Beirut and maintained contacts with it in Cairo, and started an HT cells in Saudi Arabia " where " by 1983 I had built a team of 38 brothers.

According to his official biography, Lowman was a career intelligence officer for the National Security Agency ( NSA ), retiring as Special Assistant to the Director.

* Batman & Robin: According to a November 14, 2000 article, as well as the DVD commentary and the documentary Shadows of the Bat: Batman Unbound ( on disc 2 of the Batman & Robin: Special Edition DVD set ), director Joel Schumacher admitted that he was told by Warner executives to make Batman & Robin " more toyetic.

According to prosecuting attorney Jack Burke of the Office of Special Investigations, Michael Laszlo is not, as he claims, a simple political refugee, regular churchgoer, and family man.

According to Viz Holiday Special 1988, Finbarr attends Talbot Rothwell High School, a reference to the script writer of the Carry On ( film series ).