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krapp
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Congress hasn't said otherwise, so...
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jwkpiano1
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This isn’t how this works. Laws don’t change just because the executive decides it’s going to ignore them.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/111
jghn
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Only Congress has the authority to change the name. Given they *haven't* authorized it, the name remains DoD. It doesn't work the other way around.
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