Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was at the White House earlier this month preparing for a trip to Kyiv to discuss drone technology when he received an unexpected assignment from President Donald Trump: push Ukraine to come back to the table for peace talks with the Russia — and do it fast.
The 38-year-old Army veteran and close friend of Vice President JD Vance, his classmate at Yale Law School, had no prior diplomatic experience. But an “Army-to-Army” discussion seemed promising, said one person familiar with the discussions: The Ukrainians know and trust US Army officials, who have trained and equipped their forces for more than a decade.
Trump also likes Driscoll and refers to him as the “drone guy,” people familiar with their dynamic said, a nod to Driscoll
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