(The Center Square) – What’s in a name? Military victories, according to the Trump administration.

The Department of Defense is reverting to its old name – the Department of War – per the president’s latest executive order. The department previously held the title from 1789 until 1947, and accrued many military successes over that period, most notably in World War I and World War II.

“Our nation won some of its greatest military victories under the direction of a secretary of war operating within a Department of War,” said White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf.

The order reinstates that name.

“This is something we’ve thought long and hard about. We’ve been talking about it for months,” the president said. “I think it’s a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the wo

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