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

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285 points ridruejo | 2 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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1. ap99 ◴[12 Nov 25 11:38 UTC] No.45898927[source]▶
They can add a secondary title. And they're drafting legislation to change the primary title.

Seems pretty simple.

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2. jghn ◴[12 Nov 25 15:32 UTC] No.45901424[source]▶
Drafting legislation isn't the same thing as that legislation having passed. It's the Department of Defense until Congress says otherwise.