Pete Hegseth is conducting a poll among the public about renaming the agency he heads as the Department of War
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has mooted the possibility of renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War. The defense chief is conducting a poll among the public about the potential switch.
“Better name? Have my thoughts… welcome yours,” Hegseth posted on X, sharing the poll.
The poll has attracted over 160,000 users, with more than half favoring the idea of a new name for the Department of Defense. Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk shared the poll, commenting: “War is more accurate.”
The agency in charge of the army military affairs was in fact called the Department of War for nearly 160 years. However, in 1947, it was reorganized and merged with the Department of the Navy under the National Security Act. Two years later, the Department of Defense (DOD) was created, absorbing the functions of the…
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