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 ousted Army chief of staff, into retirement in April. At the time, Driscoll said he “loved” the general.
“Secretary Driscoll has been highly effective in advancing President Trump’s agenda to Make America Strong Again at the Department of the Army by providing outstanding leadership during historic military operations, restoring an emphasis on readiness and lethality, assisting with negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and more,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told the Washington Examiner. “The United States Army is more powerful than ever thanks to his work alongside the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary of War.”
But the same month, Driscoll pushed back on rumors that tensions between himself and Hegseth would lead him to leave.“Serving under President Trump has been the honor of a lifetime, and I remain laser focused on providing America with the strongest land fighting force the world has ever seen,” Driscoll said. “I have no plans to depart or resign as the Secretary of the Army.”TRUMP SIGNED AN ORDER TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE AMERICA — WHAT TO KNOWHegseth also reportedly pressed Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his job serving as chief of Army public affairs and chief adviser to the Army secretary in February.
