War Department
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The United States War Department was one of the three original cabinet level departments of the United States's government created by the United States Congress in 1789.[1] The War Department was the responsibility of the Secretary of War. In 1947 the War Department and the Navy Department were subsumed into the new Department of Defense.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "DOI history". Department of the Interior. http://www.doi.gov/history.html. Retrieved 2007-11-17. mirror
- ↑ "Ben's guide to the US Government: The Presiden't Cabinet". United States Government Printing Office. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/cabinet.html. Retrieved 2007-11-17. mirror
- ↑ "U.S. Government Officials & Departments". United States Embassy, London UK. November 1, 2007. http://london.usembassy.gov/rccabint.html. Retrieved 2007-11-17. mirror
