Following Pentagon rebrand, White House creates War Directorate, sources say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Days after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his administration has made a similar name change at the White House. The Directorate of Defense, a key component of the White House National Security Council, is now the Directorate of War, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. As part of the change, officials working in that office are now directors for war, and they are overseen by a special assistant to the president for war, said the sources, who requested anonymity as the rebrand is not public.