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- Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned in September after 18 months, citing tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- Driscoll offered JD Vance friendship to aid Pentagon work, prompting Hegseth to “blow up” at him.
- Hegseth led a Pentagon purge, firing senior officials including Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April.
- Driscoll said he protected modernization advocates.
- Driscoll added his relationship with Hegseth was not uniformly negative.
