Russell Vought gets shredded over Trump's military cosplay

legally, the name of this department is the Department of Defense, correct? It's the Department of War. And why do you say that? Because that's what the president and his team has renamed it. And there's a statute that calls it the Department of Defense. The president did an executive order saying the Department of War was a secondary title

in September of 2025. Have you been instructed to use the phrase the Department of War? No, there in September of 2025. Have you been instructed to use the phrase the Department of War?

No, there's an executive order that goes through a legal process.

Okay, you're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay. Are you aware of any nation in the world that calls this function war rather than defense?

I did not realize that this was a source of so much.

I will tell you that there's no other nation. Do you know in the oath that our military officers take is the word war mentioned? I'm not aware. Defense is mentioned, war is not mentioned. Finally, you've sacked 350,000 people. Do you know what percentage are veterans? Senator, we have been sure that all of the veteran preferences are stuck to. 30% of the federal workforce is veterans. So when you fire 350,000 people I think you have fired more veterans than any administration in the history

I think you have fired more veterans than any administration in the history of the United States. I yield back.