<span>In the United States, the president, as Commander-in-Chief, has final control over the military, although the Congress retains an important measure of control through the budget process.</span>
<span>He told the Russian people that the coup was bad, advised all the people of Moscow against the coup, and openly supported Gorbachev.</span>
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King Leopold II treated the Congo as his personal property and exploited the country for slave labor, rubber, and ivory. The Belgian Congo was established in 1908 after the international community pressured the Belgian government to annex the country and take it out of the king's hands. Conditions in Belgian Congo improved as the Belgian government supported education and established trade. Nevertheless, the people of the Congo increased their demands for independence.
