Use the excerpt to answer the question. “Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority.”

—The Federalist No. 74, Alexander Hamilton, 1788

Who does Hamilton argue should direct the military during war?
A.
the Senate
B.
the President
C.
the House of Representatives
D.
the Pentagon