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In 1947, the United States War Department became the Department of Defense , as our nation was entering what would be four decades of Cold War with the Soviet Union, and taking its place as a global superpower.

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order bringing the original name back to the department created by George Washington in 1789. It brings with it a change that would have earned the hearty approval of our first president.

TRUMP SIGNS ORDER RENAMING PENTAGON BACK TO ‘DEPARTMENT OF WAR’

In the 78 years in which the United States has had a "Department of Defense," we never declared war a single time, but that didn’t stop thousands upon thousands of American soldiers from sacrificing their lives

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