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krappyesterday at 3:09 AM2 repliesview on HN

Congress hasn't said otherwise, so...


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jwkpiano1yesterday at 2:12 PM

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

jghnyesterday at 3:49 PM

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.