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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

House GOP pushes to make Trump’s ‘Department of War’ name change permanent

House Republicans fired the first shot in a looming Congressional battle over officially adopting President Donald Trump's preferred name for the Defense Department — with a party-line committee vote to rename it the "Department of War."

Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, led the charge by introducing an amendment to the proposed $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act during Thursday night's meeting of the House Armed Services Committee.

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