By EFE
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon asked the United States Congress encode the change of name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” and acknowledged that this new identity will cost about $52 million dollars.
In a legislative proposal that the agency presented to the legislature, it indicated that This cost is an estimate and that the “final expenses” will be known once the process is finished. name change.
In a breakdown of expenses, The document details that about $3.5 million dollars will go to the military departments; $3 million for the Office of the Secretary of War and Washington Headquarters Services and $44.6 million for defense agencies and War Department field activities.
In the document, the Department justifies the official proposal of the name change as a “basic reminder of the importance and respect of our mission central: fighting and winning wars.”
The president of the USA, Donald Turmp signed an executive order in September to change the name of the Department of Defense a Department of War, as this portfolio was known between 1789 and 1947.
Despite not yet having legislative approval, the Government already uses this new name on a daily basis.also including on social networks and on its website.
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