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- Sep 5, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Trump Restores the Department of War Name by Executive Order
- Signed on 5 September 2025, the order says the department 'should once again be known as the Department of War and the Secretary should be known as the Secretary of War'[1]
- The Secretary of Defense may use 'Secretary of War' as a secondary title in official correspondence, public communications, ceremonial contexts and non-statutory documents, and subordinate officials may use titles such as Under Secretary of War[1]
- Statutory references to the Department of Defense keep their legal force; agencies must accommodate the new titles as long as they do not create confusion over legal or international obligations[1]
- Within 60 days the Secretary of War was to recommend the legislative and executive actions required to permanently rename the Department of Defense[1]
- The Department of War was the name of the Army's cabinet department from 1789 until the National Security Act of 1947; only an act of Congress can formally rename the department[1][2]
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- [1]90%whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department-of-warwhitehouse.gov· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 5, 2025 ✓· 50% of score
The order is headed 'Executive Order 14347, September 5, 2025' and signed 'THE WHITE HOUSE, September 5, 2025'.
- [2]75%Executive Order 14347en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 50% of score
Notes the department now calls itself the Department of War in public and on its website but is still legally the Department of Defense, since only an act of Congress can rename a federal department; recounts the 1947-49 reorganisation that created the Department of Defense.[1]
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