Posted on Feb 26, 2025
Senate approves Daniel Driscoll as 26th Army secretary - Breaking Defense
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The US Army is poised to get a new civilian leader after the Senate today approved Daniel Driscoll as the service’s 26th secretary.
Confirmed on a 66-28 vote, Driscoll’s nomination was publicly viewed as less controversial than others put forward by President Donald Trump.
It wasn’t immediately clear today when Driscoll would be sworn into office and officially take over the role as Army secretary. He will be greeted, though, with a service in the throes of modernizing its weapon portfolio, ramping up the defense industrial base and grappling with recruiting. The entire Pentagon is also working through a variety of changes and exercises ranging from each service identifying 8 percent of planned fiscal 2026 funding that can be redirected for other priorities to looming civilian cuts.
Confirmed on a 66-28 vote, Driscoll’s nomination was publicly viewed as less controversial than others put forward by President Donald Trump.
It wasn’t immediately clear today when Driscoll would be sworn into office and officially take over the role as Army secretary. He will be greeted, though, with a service in the throes of modernizing its weapon portfolio, ramping up the defense industrial base and grappling with recruiting. The entire Pentagon is also working through a variety of changes and exercises ranging from each service identifying 8 percent of planned fiscal 2026 funding that can be redirected for other priorities to looming civilian cuts.
Senate approves Daniel Driscoll as 26th Army secretary - Breaking Defense
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An Army Secretary with 3.5 years active, one tour in Iraq, who topped out as a 1LT. No further experience in DA or DoD as a civilian. Hmmm. His top qualification seems to be being "a friend" of the VP from Yale...
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That was supposed to be my job but I couldn't pass the confirmation process. Senators dont take kindly to the 'F' word or being called stupid in hearings.
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