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Thu May-19-05 05:51 PM
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| A terminology discussion: Is it Secretary of Defense or War? |
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I'm kinda leaning toward war myself.
And now the hard part: Why?
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| Crazy Guggenheim
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Thu May-19-05 05:55 PM
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| 1. Defense. I think the Secretary hasn't been called of War since |
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Thu May-19-05 06:03 PM
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| 3. In September 1947, The National Security Act changed the dept |
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It created the Dept of Defense, the USAF and the CIA http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cwr/17603.htm |
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Thu May-19-05 06:06 PM
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The War Department and Navy Department merged into a single Department of Defense under the Secretary of Defense, who also directed the newly created Department of the Air Force.
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Thu May-19-05 06:03 PM
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| 4. But - who are we defending against? |
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Thu May-19-05 06:08 PM
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| 6. It was an Orwellian move to say the least |
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They were about to get hip deep an the cold war and they needed to make this move in order for it to work.
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Thu May-19-05 06:00 PM
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| 2. Under Clinton was Secretary of defense, for Chimpy, Secy of War |
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