Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth
Driscoll’s exit leaves the Army without a Senate-confirmed leader as Hegseth’s personnel moves have driven more than two dozen senior departures, 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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According to several media outlets, tensions with Pete Hegseth have led to the resignation of the US Army Secretary.
As confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, the Secretary of the Army (a position equivalent to Deputy Secretary of Defense) has submitted his resignation to Donald Trump. Who is his likely successor? The post Army "Secretary" Dan Driscoll resigns amid tensions with Defense Secretary Hegseth appeared first on in.gr.
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Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, the service’s top civilian leader, who clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the ouster of key combat-tested Army leaders, handed in his resignation to President Donald Trump on Monday, administration officials said.
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US Army Secretary quits in latest military exit
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said on Monday, in the latest exit of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported. It marks the latest in a series of shake-ups of the military leadership, with the Army especial…
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