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Trump orders Defense Department be renamed as Department of War

Name: Trump orders Defense Department be renamed as Department of War
Uploaded: 2025-09-05T19:04:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 5 s
Description: President Trump signed an executive order to start the process of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War, restoring a name the agency last held in the late 1940s. Ed O'Keefe has details.

President Trump signed an executive order to start the process of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War, restoring a name the agency last held in the late 1940s. Ed O'Keefe has details.