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The highly critical, non-woke rebranding of the Department of Defense. It is a bold, symbolic name change intended to project raw, unmitigated lethality to our adversaries, despite the fact that updating the letterhead, IT networks, and brass signs at thousands of global facilities will cost taxpayers over $100 million. A completely necessary expense because, as my Secretary of War and I agree, we haven't won a major war since we changed the name to "Defense" in 1947—and words matter, especially when they are engraved on a beautiful, heavy piece of bronze at the entrance of the Pentagon.