Plaques bearing the title of US Secretary of Defense — now updated to “Secretary of War” for Pete Hegseth — were replaced at the Pentagon on Friday, shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War.”

The White House said the order authorises Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and subordinate officials to use secondary titles such as “Secretary of War” and “Deputy Secretary of War” in official correspondence and public communications. Workers at the Pentagon were seen replacing plaques outside offices soon after the announcement.

Source: Screenshot, Reuters

Plaques for the US Secretary of Defense (now ‘Secretary of War’), Pete Hegseth [Source: Screenshot, Reuters]

The Department of War was the US military’s official nam

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