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Trump To Reportedly Issue ‘Department Of War’ Executive Order
President Donald Trump has issued a new battle cry for the Pentagon, and with it, a new name.
Trump has been hinting at the move for a while.
From the Oval Office on Monday, Aug. 25, he said he wants to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War," saying, “We want defense but we want offense too.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth replied at the time, “It’s coming soon, sir.”
According to a document obtained by The Washington Post on Thursday, Sept. 4, the president plans to sign an executive order on Friday, Sept. 5 that “will refocus this Department on our national in…
Charles Bierbauer Dies, Former CNN Anchor, White House Correspondent
Charles Bierbauer, the steady CNN voice from the Pentagon to the White House who later built a journalism powerhouse at the University of South Carolina, has died. He was age 83.
Bierbauer’s death at his Spruce Pine, North Carolina, residence on Friday, Aug. 29, came as he enjoyed retirement, a university spokesperson said. No cause was given, but the family’s obituary said “his generous heart gave out after a good, long life.”
During his more than two decades at CNN, Bierbauer served as the Pentagon correspondent from 1981 to 1984 and as the senior White House correspondent throughout the …