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Daniel P. Driscoll
United States secretary of the Army since 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Patrick Driscoll is an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and former military officer who has served as the 26th United States secretary of the Army as well as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he was a candidate for North Carolina's 11th congressional district in 2020.
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Early life and education
Driscoll was raised in Banner Elk, North Carolina.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School after his military service using the post 9-11 GI Bill.[3] He was a Yale classmate and friend of Vice President JD Vance,[4] former national security advisor Jake Sullivan, and Matt Blumenthal (the son of U.S. senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal).[5] Driscoll's father was an infantryman in the Vietnam War and his grandfather served in World War II.[6]
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Driscoll was in the United States Army for three and a half years serving as a lieutenant. He was an armor officer between August 2007 and March 2011 and a cavalry scout platoon leader with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. He deployed to Iraq for nine months in October 2009. Driscoll earned his Ranger tab at U.S. Army Ranger School and Combat Action Badge.[6] Driscoll later interned for the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs[7] and worked at an investment bank in Charlotte, North Carolina.
During law school, Driscoll interned for the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Ninth Circuit chief judge Alex Kozinski, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson.[7] Driscoll then ran for the Republican nomination to represent North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the 2020 election.[8]
Secretary of the Army
On December 4, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Driscoll to be the secretary of the Army for his second administration.[9] The Senate confirmation hearing was held on January 30, 2025[10] amidst cabinet officials for ODNI, FBI, and HHS.[11]
On February 25, 2025, the United States Senate confirmed Driscoll to the position of secretary of the Army by a 66-28 vote.[12]
On April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced Driscoll would succeed Kash Patel as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.[13] In May 2025, Driscoll confirmed that the Army would cancel the M10 Booker project, citing high costs, a negotiated right to repair maintenance contract, its 38-ton weight, and its design.[14]
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Personal life
Driscoll is from Boone, North Carolina, and is married to Cassie Driscoll, a plastic surgeon. They have two children.[15]
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