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Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby on The Powers That Be to unpack the escalating Pentagon feud between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, whose resignation this week exposed deeper tensions inside the Trump administration. Ioffe explains Driscoll’s rise from a Yale Law School connection to JD Vance to Army secretary, his push to modernize the military with drones, autonomous weapons and new defense-tech startups, and why his approach put him increasingly at odds with Hegseth. They also discuss Hegseth’s battle for control of the Pentagon, the firing of senior Army leadership, JD Vance’s failed attempt to broker peace between the two men, and why Driscoll ultimately became isolated inside the Army. Plus, what Driscoll reportedly told Trump about the chaos at the Pentagon — and why the president may have been more interested in talking about his ballroom. Subscribe to get the latest from Puck: join.puck.news CHAPTERS 00:00 The Pentagon feud that led ...

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