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		hughw 58 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I am directing the Department of War to designate ... It's the Department of Defense. [1] "only an act of Congress can formally change the name of a federal department." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14347 (edited to add the url I omitted)

ks2048 58 days ago | [–]

Only Congress can declare war and Congress has the "power of the purse".

"You can just do things" (evil edition).

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