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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth want to party like it’s 1946 — by renaming Hegseth’s Cabinet department to what it was last called nearly eight decades ago.

Trump was speaking to reporters alongside South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office when he turned an answer to a question about how long he plans to use the military to augment police in Washington, D.C. into a stem-winding rant about the department housed in the massive Pentagon building.

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