NEW: Trump’s Pentagon quietly made a change to the stated mission it's had for two decades bit.ly/2lFT7oG
The new mission statement — featured at the bottom of every page on the Pentagon website — removes the words “to deter war” while adding that it is the Pentagon’s job to “sustain American influence” overseas bit.ly/2KhN6gF
Besides overseeing this seemingly subtle word change, Mattis wrote an all-hands memorandum in October 2017 stating, "we are a Department of war" — a choice of words harkening back to the DoD's name prior to 1949 bit.ly/2KhN6gF
