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Pete Hegseth: “We haven't won a major war since [the name change in 1947].”

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Pete Hegseth speaks on 'Department of War'

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

Mr. President, as you said then, 150 years after that, we changed the name after World War II from the Department of War to the Department of defense in 1947. And as you pointed out, Mr. President, We haven't won a major war since [the name change in 1947]. And that's not to dispute disparage our war fighters, whether it's the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or our generation of Iraq and Afghanistan. (00:29–00:32)

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Asserts that the U.S. has not won a major war since the Department of War was renamed to the Department of Defense in 1947.

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