President Donald Trump on Friday referred to Defense Secretary PT Hegaseth as the War Secretary, causing confusion whether it was a slip or whether Trump wanted to bring back the situation that the country did not do since 1947. “The Secretary of the War, Pete Hegseth was great on Foxonuse this morning. Talking about modern weapons and war. Thanks to Brett Velikovich, who really knows his “luggage”. We are really on our way. Maga! “Trump posted on the truth social.The position of the Secretary of the War was a high -level cabinet role in the US government from 1789 to 1947. Initially, while serving under articles from the Confederation (1781–1789), it was known as the “Secretary in War”. Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Knox held the rank during this early period. Under the new Constitution, George Washington appointed Henry Knox as the first official secretary of the war, assigned to all military matters – which was included in the naval cases – until the Navy Department was built in 1798.The office was eventually discontinued by the National Security Act of 1947, which divided its duties between the newly formed secretary of the army and the Secretary of the Air Force, both reports to the Defense Secretary, who now occupy the cabinet-level role. Last Secretary of the war, Kenneth c. Royal served in that role in 1947 before the infection to become the first secretary of the army.Hegseth has issued a new instruction to increase the drone’s arsenal. On Thursday, he talked about it as a drone came to hand over a memorandum to him, which was signed by Hegseth then. The title of the memo was “US Military Drone Dominance”. “This is the future,” he announced. “We are in the fight. We are in the fight to win it. And we’re never going back.”
