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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth
The departure leaves the Army without Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders as Hegseth’s purge has forced out at least six senior officers, officials said.
- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, ending months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, sources told CNN.
- Friction peaked after Hegseth fired Driscoll's ally, Gen Randy George, in a brief phone call earlier this year, leaving Driscoll increasingly isolated within the department.
- Hegseth has forced out at least a half-dozen senior officers, shrinking the Army's four-star general ranks from 10 down to five, the fewest in decades.
- The Army now has no Senate-confirmed leaders, civilian or military, creating an unprecedented leadership vacuum; the White House credited Driscoll with strengthening the service.
- Critics warn this leadership gap leaves the service vulnerable while defending troops from Iranian missile attacks and supporting Ukraine amid the service's busiest operational period since Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after rift with Hegseth
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned this week after disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeped into the public eye. Driscoll, who is a college friend of Vice President JD Vance, is expected to leave the Pentagon in the coming days, according to multiple outlets. The development comes after Driscoll publicly broke with Hegseth’s move to force Gen. Randy George, the […]
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US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll has resigned, The Wall Street Journal reports
US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll has resigned, The Wall Street Journal reports.According to NBC, the relationship between Pete Hegseth and Daniel Driscoll, which many from the very beginning assessed as tense, eventually turned into an...
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