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President Donald Trump touts renaming the Department of Defense to "Department of War."

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is drafting a bill "to restore the Department of War to its original name."

Trump said he's open to changing the agency's name back to what it was "when we used to win wars all the time."

President Donald Trump is pushing to rename the Defense Department to “Department of War” — and Utah Sen. Mike Lee said he’s drafting a bill to make it happen.

On multiple occasions Monday, Trump expressed displeasure with the Department of Defense (DOD) current moniker.

While addressing the media from the Oval Office, Trump said the “Department of Defense” name doesn’t “sound good to me.”

“It used to be called the ‘Department of War’ — and it had a stronger sound,” he said. “And, a

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