Trump to rename Defence Department as 'Department of War'

05/09/2025 01:50 France 24

Seeking to accomplish a long-gestating goal, US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday that the Department of Defence be renamed as the Department of War, using the US military branch's original name as a "secondary" title until Congress authorises a formal alteration.

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