Trump Praised For His Army Sec­re­tary Pick

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Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump announced on Wednes­day that he has nom­i­nat­ed Daniel P. Driscoll of North Car­oli­na to serve as the Sec­re­tary of the Army.

“As a for­mer Sol­dier, Investor, and Polit­i­cal Advi­sor, Dan brings a pow­er­ful com­bi­na­tion of expe­ri­ences to serve as a dis­rup­tor and change agent,” Trump said in a state­ment. “Dan will be a fear­less and relent­less fight­er for America’s Sol­diers and the Amer­i­ca First agen­da.”

Driscoll grad­u­at­ed from UNC-Chapel Hill in three years before join­ing the U.S. Army and com­plet­ing Army Ranger school.

After deploy­ing with the 10th Moun­tain Divi­sion in sup­port of Oper­a­tion Iraqi Free­dom, Driscoll returned home and attend­ed Yale Law School on the Post‑9/11 GI Bill.

“Dan has worked in ven­ture cap­i­tal and pri­vate equi­ty, and most recent­ly has been serv­ing as Senior Advi­sor to Vice Pres­i­dent-Elect JD Vance,” Trump added. “Hail­ing from Boone, NC, Dan is mar­ried to his high school sweet­heart, Dr. Cassie Driscoll, a plas­tic sur­geon. They have two beau­ti­ful chil­dren, Daniel Jr. and Lila.”

Trump was praised by U.S. sen­a­tors for nom­i­nat­ing Driscoll to the posi­tion, includ­ing by Sen. Thom Tillis (R‑NC), who called Driscoll “a great choice!”

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“Con­grat­u­la­tions to my friend and fel­low North Car­olin­ian Dan Driscoll on being nom­i­nat­ed as Sec­re­tary of the Army,” said Sen. Ted Budd (R‑NC).

“Dan hon­or­ably served our nation in uni­form and has what it takes to lead the U.S. Army,” Budd added. “Look­ing for­ward to his hear­ing before the Armed Ser­vices Com­mit­tee.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R‑MO) said in a post on X: “Dan Driscoll will make a fan­tas­tic Sec­re­tary of the Army. He has the right experience—including as a sol­dier in combat—to bring the change and refo­cus on warfight­ing that the Army des­per­ate­ly needs. I look for­ward to see­ing his con­fir­ma­tion through to the fin­ish line.”