{"id":173257,"date":"2025-08-26T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173257"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:02:23","slug":"whats-in-a-name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173257","title":{"rendered":"What’s In A Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trump, Hegseth float renaming Defense Department to Department of War<\/h3>\n

By Leo Shane III<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said plans to rename his agency as the Department of War are \u201ccoming soon,\u201d but it remains unclear whether the executive branch can make such a move without congressional permission.<\/p>\n

During a White House press event on Monday, Hegseth spoke about the deployment of National Guard troops throughout Washington, D.C., and along the southern U.S. border. President Donald Trump responded to the remarks by complimenting the service members but complaining that the Department of Defense name \u201cdidn\u2019t sound good\u201d to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepartment of Defense, I don\u2019t want to be defense only,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe want defense, but we want offense, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. And as you know, we won World War I. We won World War II. We won everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The United States used the Department of War moniker for its military bureaucracy from 1789 to 1947. In 1949, it was changed to the current Department of Defense name amid massive restructuring of the military services.
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\nIt\u2019s unclear if changing the name of the military apparatus would lead to objections or litigation from Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Unclear? Nattering nabobs of negativity in 5, 4, 3…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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