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by _kst_ 112 days ago
The Senate??

Any law changing the name of the Defense Department would have to be passed by both Houses of Congress and signed by the President (or by 2/3 of both Houses overriding a Presidential veto). The Senate has no such authority on its own.

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Right! I meant to write ‘Congress’, but mistakenly wrote Senate.