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[–] 67 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I don't know if this makes it better or worse but it never stopped being the "Department of Defense."

The "Department Of War" is essentially stylistic preference in the executive branch. The "Defense" name is still the statutory one.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

    EDIT: See below; this is invalid.


    I'll add that I – giving Mike Johnson the least benefit of the doubt I could – tried pretty hard to find any instance of him referring to the DoD as the "Department of War" following Trump's executive order; I could not.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    He corrected himself a few days ago in a back and forth about iran after he called if department of defense and called it the department of war.

    Here he is 3 days ago:

    "We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war," he told reporters. "The Department of War has made it very clear -- this is a limited operation. It's an operation that is limited in its scope and duration."

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Oh shit, that's why I didn't find it. Here's the C-SPAN clip. He says "Department of Defense" and then immediately corrects himself to "Department of War". Jesus christ, Mikey, I really tried.

    (This was somewhat difficult to find even with the quote; please link a source if you use one in the future instead of just quoting.)

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