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This renaming is no accident. President Trump, in September, signed an executive order reviving the historic title of the Department of War, emphasizing a return to a doctrine of offensive strength and resolve. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth articulated this shift clearly: the U.S. would engage in offensive measures, not merely reactive or proportional responses. The message was unequivocal—America’s military and intelligence agencies will relentlessly pursue threats within the hemisphere and eliminate them at their source.