""As Department of War, we won everything. We won everything," Trump said last month. "I think we're going to have to go back to that." Hegseth recently renamed his Pentagon conference room the "W.A.R. Room. Zoom in: Hegseth reposted Fox News' post will sign an executive order Friday on the name change, with the comment: "DEPARTMENT OF WAR." Reality check: Renaming the department would require an act of Congress, but the White House was considering other avenues to make the change."
"Flashback: Congress established the War Department in 1789 as a cabinet-level position to oversee the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. In 1947, the Navy and War Departments were merged into the National Military Establishment. The U.S. Air Force was formally established later that year. In 1949, the National Military Establishment became the Department of Defense. The cabinet-level Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries were replaced by the new secretary of defense."
Trump said, "As Department of War, we won everything. We won everything. I think we're going to have to go back to that." Hegseth renamed his Pentagon conference room the "W.A.R. Room" and reposted a Fox News post claiming the president will sign an executive order to make the change, captioning it "DEPARTMENT OF WAR." Renaming the department would require an act of Congress, though the White House considered other avenues. Congress established the War Department in 1789. In 1947–49 the Navy and War Departments merged into the National Military Establishment and then became the Department of Defense, replacing cabinet-level service secretaries.
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