2026年4月28日 美国东部时间晚上10:04 / 福克斯新闻网
普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔议员称美国人买不起 groceries，而五角大楼却要为更名拨款数百万美元
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五角大楼已正式请求国会批准将其“战争部”的名称合法化，预估将花费纳税人约5200万美元。
五角大楼的这一预估远低于国会预算办公室1月份的预测，当时该办公室预估，如果在国防部内“全面且快速”推行更名，成本可能高达1.25亿美元。
五角大楼称，此次更名包括将国防部长一职更名为战争部长，不会对唐纳德·特朗普总统2027财年国防预算申请造成“重大影响”，因为大部分实施成本将在当前的2026财年期间承担。
该部门表示，“实际成本将在实施过程中收取，并在当前财年的更名工作完成后公布”。
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五角大楼已正式请求国会批准将其“战争部”的名称合法化。（来源：杰拉尔·居内斯/阿纳多卢通讯社 盖蒂图片社）
在其立法提案中，五角大楼预计将耗资约5200万美元，其中包括：4460万美元用于国防机构和该部门的外勤活动，350万美元用于各军种部门，300万美元用于五角大楼办公厅主任皮特·赫格塞斯的办公室和华盛顿总部事务局，40万美元用于联合参谋部、作战司令部和国民警卫队局。
“对部门名称的修订，是对我们核心使命——作战并赢得战争——的重要性与尊崇性的根本提醒，”提案中写道。“它是衡量所有活动并确定其优先级的战略目标。”
此次国防部更名提案将对联邦法律作出约7600处修改。五角大楼已更改其官网和社交媒体账号名称以反映更名，赫格塞斯办公室门上的名牌也已改为“战争部长”。
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五角大楼的预估成本远低于国会预算办公室1月份的预测。（来源：奥利弗·孔特雷拉斯/法新社 盖蒂图片社）
此事的背景是特朗普去年秋季签署行政命令，将国防部更名为战争部，此举引发了批评，但一些反战倡导者认为，对于这个据他们称热衷于发动战争的政府而言，这一更名更为贴切。
“此次更名确实凸显了总统的行为有多离谱、违宪且非法，”由共和党转投自由党籍的前众议员贾斯汀·阿马什去年9月在X平台上写道。
但特朗普在国会的一些共和党盟友已表示支持此次更名，佛罗里达州共和党众议员格雷格·斯特鲁布和犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李已分别在各自议院提出法案，推动将此次更名合法化。
与此同时，在国会另一端，民主党人已批评五角大楼的更名合法化请求，此时议员们正着手制定2027财年国防政策法案。
唐纳德·特朗普总统去年秋季签署行政命令，将国防部更名为战争部。（来源：凯文·迪施/盖蒂图片社）
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“美国民众连食品杂货、汽油或房租都负担不起——而五角大楼已经为将国防部更名为战争部浪费了5000万美元。现在他们还想要更多拨款，”华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔在X平台上写道。
战争部于1789年由乔治·华盛顿总统创立。1947年被国家军事机构取代，后者于1949年重新命名为国防部。
Pentagon urges Congress to codify ‘Department of War’ name change it estimates will cost $52 million
April 28, 2026 10:04pm EDT / Fox News
Rep Pramila Jayapal says Americans cannot afford groceries while the Pentagon wants millions more for a name change
By Landon Mion Fox News
The Pentagon has formally asked for congressional approval to codify its “Department of War” moniker, estimating it will cost taxpayers around $52 million.
The estimate from the Pentagon is significantly lower than what the Congressional Budget Office projected in January, when it estimated the rebranding could cost as much as $125 million if it were adopted “broadly and rapidly” throughout the department.
The Pentagon claimed the change, which includes renaming the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of War, would have no “significant impact” on President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 defense budget request because most implementation costs will be absorbed during the current 2026 fiscal year.
The “actual costs are being collected during implementation and will be available” once the current fiscal year’s execution of the name change is completed, according to the department.
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The Pentagon has formally asked for congressional approval to codify its “Department of War” moniker.(Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In its legislative proposal, the Pentagon said roughly $52 million is expected to be used, including $44.6 million for the Defense Agencies and the department’s field activities, $3.5 million for the military departments, $3 million for Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth’s office and Washington Headquarters Services, $400,000 for the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands and National Guard Bureau.
“The revision to the designation of the Department serves as a fundamental reminder of the importance and reverence of our core mission, to fight and win wars,” the proposal reads.”It serves as a strategic objective in which to measure and prioritize all activities.”
The request to rebrand the department would make around 7,600 changes to federal law. The Pentagon has already changed its website and social media accounts to reflect the rebranding, and Hegseth’s nameplate on his office door already reads, “Secretary of War.”
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The estimate from the Pentagon is significantly lower than what the Congressional Budget Office projected in January.(Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)
This comes after Trump signed an executive order in the fall to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a move that sparked criticism but that some anti-war advocates argued was more fitting for an administration they say is eager to wage war.
“The name change really does help highlight how rogue, unconstitutional, and unlawful the president’s actions are,” former Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican turned Libertarian, wrote on X in September.
But some of Trump’s Republican allies in Congress have signaled support for the name change, with Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introducing legislation in their respective chambers seeking to codify the rebranding.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, Democrats have criticized the Pentagon’s request to codify the moniker, as lawmakers begin hashing out the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the fall to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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“The American people can’t afford groceries, gas, or rent — and the Pentagon has ALREADY wasted $50 million on renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Now they want more money,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., wrote on X.
The Department of War was established in 1789 by President George Washington. It was later replaced by the National Military Establishment in 1947, which was redesignated as the Department of Defense in 1949.