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Comment by Aeolun

15 hours ago

Is it seriously called the department of war now? Did they change that from DoD?

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lkbm  7 hours ago

The Executive branch has de facto renamed it. Legally, the name is still Department of Defense, as that's set by Congress.

Think of it as a marketing term, I guess.

Sebguer  15 hours ago

illegally, but yes

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