The move by the House Armed Services Committee injects another partisan wedge issue into an already fraught defense bill.

The move by the House Armed Services Committee injects another partisan wedge issue into an already fraught defense bill.

The measure was included in the annual defense policy bill after more than 14 hours of debate and consideration of roughly 900 amendments.

The House Armed Services Committee voted along party lines to codify the name change of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith calls it ‘one of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration’