In 1879, following the Civil War, the War Department took up headquarters in the newly built Eisenhower Executive Office Building. It was then referred to as the State-War-Navy Building - as Trump ...

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

‘Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was great on FoxNews this morning. Talking about modern weapons and warfare,’ the president exclaimed Friday morning about a nonexistent interview.

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

The secretary of defense replaced the secretary of war as a cabinet-level position. “Then we became politically correct and they called it secretary of defense,” Trump said.

Secretary of war The title of secretary of war dates back to the founding of the United States. In 1789, shortly after the U.S. Constitution was ratified, President George Washington signed ...

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.