Trump Army Secretary
In this image provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle speaks April 13, 2026, to announce action to complete the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project, in South Bay, Fla.
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President Donald Trump has named Adam Telle 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. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Telle is a “Great Patriot, who is respected by all.” Driscoll gave no explanation for his decision to quit this week as the Army’s top civilian official. His clashes with Hegseth have been widely reported, and some of Driscoll’s allies in the Army were ousted this year by Trump’s Pentagon chief.
