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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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287 points ridruejo | 1 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:32 UTC] No.45893811[source]▶
The United States does not have a "Department of War".
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thaunatos ◴[11 Nov 25 22:35 UTC] No.45893832[source]▶
It does. https://www.war.gov/
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:43 UTC] No.45893909[source]▶
Bad news. Trump and Hegseth do not have the authority to rename the Department of Defense, no matter what they put on a Web site. That requires an act of Congress, which hasn't happened. And probably won't, because even if they could convince Congress to do it, that would require them to ask... and their whole modus operandi is based around pretending to have authority they don't have.

Calling it the Department of War is accepting that Trump's the King.

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johnnyanmac ◴[12 Nov 25 01:40 UTC] No.45895423[source]▶
I thought the executive had the power to rename existing departments and map landmarks. That's why we got "DOGE" disgused under the USDS and the "Gulf of America".

If that's not legal, I'll do my best to act shocked.

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1. nickthegreek ◴[12 Nov 25 02:04 UTC] No.45895573[source]▶
In this case, the executive had the power to add a secondary title, Department of War. It does not override the primary name of Dept of Defense but it appears to be the proper amount of appeasement.