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Greg_In_SF

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16. The name change from

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:07 PM

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the Department of Defense to the "Department of War" is not official and remains a secondary title authorized by an executive order from President Trump. Only Congress can formally change the department's name, so the legal name still remains the Department of Defense.

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