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# Trump Signs Executive Order Rebranding Department of Defense as the ‘Department of War’

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_Published 2025-09-05. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, directing that the Department of Defense be renamed as the "Department of War." Trump then invited his "Secretary of War" to say a few words. The Executive Order authorizes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use the title “Secretary of War” in official correspondence and public communications, according to a White House fact sheet viewed by TIME._


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## Transcript

From 1789 until 1947, our nation won some of its greatest military victories under the direction of a Secretary of War, operating within a Department of War. Today, with this executive order, you will authorize the current Secretary of Defense and the current Department of Defense to once again to once again embrace this great lineage and once again be named the Secretary of War and the Department of War. So this is something we thought long and hard about. We've been talking about it for months. Pete and I and Dan. Dan came into the fold, by the way, a great general. He headed up the. I wouldn't call it an attack.

I'd almost call that one. Maybe even more than an attack. What he did with Iran. You saw the success of that operation. It was perfect. In fact, we have. This was sent to me by the great company that makes that particular B-2 bomber. And it was flawless. It was flawless. So, uh, great job, Dan, and we've been talking about this, uh, Department of War. So we won the First World War. We won the Second World War. We won everything before that and in between. And then we decided to go woke. And we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going Department of War. And I'd like to ask our Secretary of War to say a few words.

Pete Hegseth. I think it's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now. We have the strongest military in the world. We have the greatest equipment in the world. We have the greatest manufacturers of equipment by far. Whether it's the Korean War, the Vietnam War or our generation of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's to recognize that this name change is not just about renaming. It's about restoring. Words matter. It's restoring. As you've guided us to, Mr. President, restoring the warrior ethos, restoring victory and clarity as an end state, restoring intentionality to the use of force.

So at your direction, Mr. President, the War Department is going to fight decisively, not endless conflicts. It's going to fight to win, not not to lose. We're going to go on offense, not just on defense. Maximum lethality. Not tepid Legality. Violent effect. Not politically correct. We're going to raise up warriors, not just defenders. So this War Department, Mr. President, just like America is back. Thank you for your leadership and your clarity. We're going to set the tone for this country. America first. Peace through strength. Brought to you by the War Department. We're back. You know, we solved seven wars.

We have the one that I thought was going to be probably one of the easier ones. And that's with President Putin and Ukraine. And that turned out to be one that's a little bit more difficult. But the seven are done. They were supposed to be much more difficult to solve. I solved every one of them. And we're going to get the other one done too. But it turned out to be a little bit more difficult than I thought. And it'll get done, or there'll be hell to pay. Thank you. And it's an honor to sign this. And we will do that right now. I think that's a big one. I'll be honest. I think.

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