Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War

President Trump will rename the Defense Department the Department of War, Fox News first reported and the White House confirmed Thursday.Why it matters: The Trump administration has focused on restoring a "warrior ethos" to the Armed Services under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth."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.Go deeper: The Pentagon's dramatic divorce from D.C. orthodoxyEditor's note: This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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