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Trump signs executive order to rename Department of Defense as Department of War

Name: Trump signs executive order to rename Department of Defense as Department of War
Uploaded: 2025-09-06T12:15:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 4 s
Description: President Trump signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, restoring a name the agency last held in the late 1940s.

President Trump signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, restoring a name the agency last held in the late 1940s.