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Trump signs order rebranding US Department of Defense as ‘Department of War’
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R) look on in the Oval Office of the White House on September 05, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US President Donald Trump signs an order rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, saying it sends a “message of victory” to the world.
“It’s a much more appropriate name in light of where the world is right now,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office, flanked by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who can now be known as “secretary of war.”
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