President Donald Trump announced a name change is likely "going to be made over the next week or so" for the Department of Defense. The president said at the White House that Secretary of Defense Pete ...

President Donald Trump tells reporters Monday in the Oval Office that he is considering changing the name of the Defense Department to the Department of War "over the next week or so" to restore a ...

President Trump singed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Defense to use the name Department of War as a ...

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

President Donald Trump says the Department of Defense name change could happen "soon." The Department of War was established in the late 1700s, and the name was used by the U.S. for its military until ...

Congress created the War Department in 1789 to oversee the Army, Navy and Marines. It was changed to the Defense Department in 1949.

While a full name change would require congressional action, the order allows the administration to reintroduce the ...

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for ...