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The departure follows months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and would leave the Army without a Senate-confirmed leader.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-22T00:45:46.378Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-21T22:36:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-22T00:45:46.378Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":57,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to the Wall Street Journal, with multiple outlets corroborating this.","critic":"Most outlets provided digests, with only one full report. 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The Finnish outlet Yle, which also cited The Wall Street Journal, stated that Driscoll encouraged the Army to use private entities more for troop equipment."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mention that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Army Chief of Staff Randy George had pushed for the adoption of new technology. 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