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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Department of Defense” said in 4 of 161 transcripts, 6 times.

Counted forms: department of defense, department of defenses, department of defense's.

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Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …country anymore. And so, Pete, you started off by saying the "Department of Defense," and somehow it didn't sound good to me. You know? It…
  2. …won World War II. We won everything. Now we have a Department of Defense. We're defenders. I don't know. If you people want to—standing…
  3. …it just sounded bad. You said, "Sir, on behalf of the Department of Defense"—Defense? I don't want to be defense only. We want defense…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …all necessary funding for ICE, for Border Patrol, and for the Department of Defense, and, I told you, at a level that we've never had…

Remarks at the White House Summer Soirée

Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …staffing, all with people that we want. Really great people. The Department of Defense, Commerce, and Treasury is over 90 percent of the political hires…