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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns from role, WH says
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump after 18 months on the job, the White House confirmed on Monday. LiveNOW's Mike Pache has more.
WASHINGTON - On Thursday, President Donald Trump named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid months of reports of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Adam Telle named acting Army secretary
What they're saying:
"He is a Great Patriot, who is respected by all," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Big picture view:
Telle is currently the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works. He will be overseeing the nation’s largest fighting force at a time when the U.S. is still engaged in conflict with Iran and significant Army forces are stationed in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump named Adam Telle acting secretary of the Army after Dan Driscoll resigned. (Credit: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Telle has been at the Army Office of Civil Works since August 2025, according to Legistorm, a website that tracks lawmakers and Capitol Hill staffers. Before that, Telle spent 20 years mostly working in Congress for lawmakers, including as chief of staff for Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee from 2021 to 2025.
Telle had a job for 18 months working in the White House during Trump's first term as a special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, Legistorm said. He also spent 10 years working for the late Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
Dan Driscoll steps down from role
The backstory:
Earlier this week, Driscoll submitted his resignation to Trump after 18 months on the job.
No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance.
"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 said in a statement.
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"The United States Army is more powerful than ever thanks to his work alongside the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary of War," she added.
Driscoll spoke with Trump on the current state of the Army before he submitted his resignation, The Associated Press previously reported.
Driscoll also did not allude to any problems in the only public statement on his departure, saying Tuesday that it has been "the honor of a lifetime" to serve as Army secretary under Trump and Hegseth.
"We could not have made the progress we did without the support of Secretary Hegseth," he added.
Other military leaders step down
Big picture view:
In April, Hegseth removed the Army’s top uniformed officer, Gen. Randy George.
Then in June, the Army announced that Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, would leave his post. Donahue relinquished command on July 2 after a brief 18-month tenure.
The Source: The information for this story was provided by The Associated Press, Wall Street Journal. This story was reported from Los Angeles.