President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday adding the “Department of War” as the secondary title of the Defense Department, two White House officials told NBC News.

The order, which Trump is expected to sign in the Oval Office, won’t rename the Defense Department but it will authorize Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to use secondary titles like the “Secretary of War” and “Department of War” in official correspondence, public communications and during formal ceremonies, according to a White House preview of the executive order.

All executive departments and agencies will be required by Trump to “recognize and accommodate these secondary titles in internal and external communications.”

Officially changing the department’s name would require congressional approval. Congre

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