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Hegseth Floats Name Change For The Department Of Defense
Trending Politics ^ | 03/22/2025 | Cullen McCue

Posted on 03/23/2025 12:53:27 PM PDT by Signalman

President George Washington’s original cabinet contained just four departments and department heads: Department of State, which was led by inaugural Secretary Thomas Jefferson, Department of the Treasury, which was conceived and headed up by Alexander Hamilton, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and the Department of War, which was first led by distinguished Continental Army General Henry Knox.

The War Department existed until 1947, when it was initially split into the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department of the Navy. Congress had previously established a Department of the Navy in 1798, which was under the War Department’s purview.

President Harry Truman proposed a unified department of national defense in order to better coordinate U.S. Military affairs after the Second World War. In July of 1947, Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, which established the National Military Establishment (NME) and created several individual departments, including the National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Air Force.

woke bishop All of these entities were placed under the control of the National Military Establishment, while the U.S. Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first NME director a day after the department was established. In 1949, the NME was official renamed to the Department of Defense.

It is unclear whether the Trump Administration is seriously pursuing a name change at this time. Hegseth has yet to provide any follow-up details on the poll, while the DoD has yet to provide any formal press releases on the matter.

President Trump recently referred to the department as the Department of War in a Truth Social post, however, suggesting that a formal name change may indeed be pursued.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: deptofwar; dod; gulfofmexico; hegseth; trendingpolitics
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To: Signalman

As long as the word ‘Endless’ doesn’t creep in.


61 posted on 03/23/2025 3:53:31 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: Signalman

I prefer the Department of the Military.


62 posted on 03/23/2025 3:53:35 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Nachoman

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63 posted on 03/23/2025 4:26:06 PM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: rellic

Sure! except when we allow enemies to waltz in for decades and overtake our country as they pretty much have in numerous ways.


64 posted on 03/23/2025 4:36:49 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

The cabinet included the Attorney General, whose name was also mentioned.


65 posted on 03/23/2025 5:54:55 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: epluribus_2

Strategic Air Command (SAC)

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66 posted on 03/23/2025 8:09:59 PM PDT by Ignatz ("Look, if I offend anybody today, I don't care." -Tom Homan)
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To: Gaffer

Winner!!


67 posted on 03/23/2025 8:11:00 PM PDT by Ignatz ("Look, if I offend anybody today, I don't care." -Tom Homan)
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