Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Driscoll
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle, a civilian leader in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works. But he spent more than 20 years working for Republican senators as well as in the White House during Trump's first term, serving as the president's chief a...
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