Senate Armed Services Committee advances Driscoll for Army secretary

Senate Armed Services Committee advances Driscoll for Army secretary

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday advanced the nomination of Daniel Driscoll, an Army veteran and businessman, to be the next Army secretary, paving the way for a full Senate vote.

Army secretary nominee advances out of Senate Armed Services Committee

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted today to move Dan Driscoll's Army secretary nomination forward, according to a committee release. That comes after a relatively amicable nomination hearing for the Iraq War veteran and former Yale Law School classmate of Vice President JD Vance on Jan. 30, where Driscoll pledged to bolster the organic industrial base and invest in directed energy for countering unmanned systems. He also promised to look …