a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947
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The commission was also to consider possible arrangements for the War and Navy Departments.
该委员会还将考虑陆军部和海军部可能的安排。
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The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation's foreign policy.
And to ask for these directly, various departments of the federal government launched ad campaigns that urged -- sometimes scared -- people to contribute to the war effort.