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Until 1947, the United States had a Secretary of War. Now we have a Secretary of Defense. A lot can be hidden in a name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St
by whiddershins 13y ago
Until 1947, the United States had a Secretary of War. Now we have a Secretary of Defense. A lot can be hidden in a name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War
- tptacek 13y agoThe renaming of the Secretary of War to "Secretary of Defense" has an interesting history that is not at all to do with manipulation of the language, but rather the fact that the War Department and the Navy were separate bureaucracies prior to WWII. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg