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The '''United States War Department''' was one of the three original [[United States cabinet|cabinet]] level departments of the [[United States]]'s government created by the [[United States Congress]] in 1789.<ref name=DepartmentOfTheInteriorHistory>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.doi.gov/history.html
| title=DOI history
| publisher=[[Department of the Interior]]
| accessdate=2007-11-17
}}</ref>
The War Department was the responsibility of the [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]].
In 1947 the Department was replaced by the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref name=GpoPresidentsCabinet>
{{cite web
| url=http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/cabinet.html
| title=Ben's guide to the US Government: The Presiden't Cabinet
| publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]]
| accessdate=2007-11-17
}}</ref><ref name=USEmbassyLondon>
{{cite web
| url=http://london.usembassy.gov/rccabint.html
| title=U.S. Government Officials & Departments
| publisher=United States Embassy, London UK
| date=November 1, 2007
| accessdate=2007-11-17
}}</ref>
 
==References==
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