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Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth want to party like it’s 1946 — by renaming Hegseth’s Cabinet department to what it was last called nearly eight ...
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Why Truman changed the ‘War Department’ to the ‘Department of Defense’

President Harry S. Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense. (National Archives) During a White ...