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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Tapped To Replace Kash Patel As Acting ATF Director

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Tapped To Replace Kash Patel As Acting ATF Director
From left, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alan Nydegger, battalion commander for 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, explains his unit's role in the southern border mission to the Honorable Daniel P. Driscoll, 26th Secretary of the Army, Doña Ana County International Jetport, New Mexico, March 25, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elijah Ingram)

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has been tapped to replace FBI Director Kash Patel as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a defense official has confirmed to Defense Daily. Driscoll is expected to retain his role as the Army’s top civilian leader while leading the ATF in an acting capacity. The move, first reported by Reuters, comes less than two months after Driscoll was sworn in as the new Army secretary (Defense Daily, February 25). …

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