# What is the approximate cost for the name change from "Department Of Defense" to "Department Of War"?

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**Created:** [September 8, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834 "2025-09-08T02:50:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834/21 "2025-09-09T23:15:41Z")

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Please don’t go down that road in this thread.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834/22 "2025-09-11T09:45:33Z")

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“We haven’t won any wars because we call it the Department of Defense” He is such a child. Why not name it after Donnie and call it the Department of Offensive?

And Donnie? We still want to see the Epstein files that Bondi admitted she had. All of them. My guess is that toilets are getting clogged in the White House.

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