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Tim Kaine: “There's a statute that calls it the Department of Defense.”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 03:35

Correct? It's the Department of War. And why do you say that? Because that's what the President and his team has renamed it. And There's a statute that calls it the Department of Defense. The President did an executive order saying the Department of War was a secondary title in September of 2025. Have you been instructed to use the phrase the Department of War? (03:35–03:39)

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