Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, 39, Weighs Exit by Year-End as Rift With Hegseth Deepens
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 24
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, 39, Weighs Exit by Year-End as Rift With Hegseth Deepens
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 24
Summary
Dan Driscoll is considering resigning as U.S. Army secretary by the end of 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter cited by CBS News.
Months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have driven the move, after Hegseth pushed out Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George in April.
That tension has also surfaced in the Army's plan to phase out the Unmanned Assault Battalion, a drone unit created last year to absorb lessons from Ukraine and backed by George and Gen. Christopher Donahue.
Driscoll and George had made unmanned systems central to the Army Transformation Initiative, while Trump still has not nominated a permanent replacement for George.