While I agree the name change has not (yet) been made with the proper authority, I'm quite partial to the name and prefer to use it despite its prematurity. I think it does a better job of communicating the types of work actually done by the department and rightly gives people pause about their support of it. Though I'm sure that wasn't the administration's intention.

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inigyou 4 hours ago | parent [-]

How about the Department of Mass Murder? That would communicate its purpose even better, I think. Why stop at "War"?

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esafak 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Brevity.

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scottyah 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's a separate department, DoE actually controls the nukes.

	▲	dragonwriter 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		DoD controls them when they are actually going to be used, DoE only is responsible for the securing and maintaining them to be ready for use.