GOP lawmakers move to officially rename Department of Defense as Department of War
The change is attached to the $1.15 trillion defense bill and still needs floor votes and reconciliation before becoming law.
- The Senate Armed Services Committee voted this week to advance legislation renaming the Pentagon to the War Department, moving the proposal one step closer to law by including it in the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
- Following a September 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump, the House Armed Service Committee approved the legislative amendment one week ago, advancing it to the Senate.
- A Congressional Budget Office analysis released in January estimates the renaming could cost taxpayers between $10 million and $125 million, a figure critics call a costly vanity project.
- Citing the Middle East war, Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., voted against the bill's advancement Thursday, calling the renaming 'illegal and foolish.'
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the legislative progress, stating the War Department 'will officially be restored soon' as the measure proceeds toward potential enactment.
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Republicans in Congress want to officially rename the Pentagon as Department of War. An analysis.
GOP Lawmakers Push Ahead With 'Department of War' Name Change
Photo Credit: Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images Congressional Republicans are moving forward with the Department of War name change efforts. The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to rename the Department of Defense. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has long preferred the new moniker. GOP lawmakers vote in favor of Department of War name change This week, Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee vote…
Donald Trump would like the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, he calls on his party to rename the Pentagon – the »Ministry of War«. Now the Republicans follow this order.
Republicans Move to Make 'Department of War' the Law
Republicans in Congress are acting to make President Trump's "Department of War" renaming official. Both the House and Senate Armed Services committees have tucked language into their versions of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act that would formally swap "Defense" for "War" in the department's name, nearly a year after...
Senate panel moves forward ‘Department of War’ name change
Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee this week pushed forward the Trump administration’s desired “Department of War” name change in passing their version of the annual defense policy bill. In closed-door deliberations over its fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, the panel included language to formally change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a name preferred by President Trump and Defense Secretary Pe…
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