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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Department of Fail? Three quarters of Americans say they will keep calling the Pentagon the Department of Defense

,A new survey has found that three-quarters of American voters are likely to ignore Pete Hegseth’s decision to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War.”

Among the respondents to YouGov’s latest polling, 72 percent said they were more likely to continue to refer to the Pentagon as the Department of Defense than adopt the secretary’s preferred name, with just 18 percent saying they would observe his preference.

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