The U.S. Senate has confirmed Dan Driscoll as the new Army Secretary, approving his nomination in a 66-28 vote. An Iraq War veteran and former adviser to VP JD Vance, Driscoll vows to prioritize soldiers' needs. Taking charge amid recruitment shortfalls, he aims to modernize weapons systems and revamp programs. His leadership marks a shift as the Army faces evolving challenges in national security and military readiness.
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00:00Afternoon everyone and thank you all for being here. I'm Senator Ted Budd from North Carolina
00:05and it's absolutely my honor and privilege to be here to welcome and offer congratulations to
00:11my friend and fellow North Carolinian on being sworn in today as Secretary of the Army. I want
00:17to give a special thank you to Dan Driscoll's family, his wife Dr. Cassie Driscoll and their
00:25two children, Daniel Jr. and Lila for sharing their dad, their husband with the rest of the
00:32country. Also I don't know if they're either back behind us or in this room here but the
00:38grandparents who I know have been quite busy for the last six months so we want to thank them as
00:43well. I have the, I know that Dan has the distinct honor of also being a classmate of our Vice
00:51President and they both have served our country in uniform and for that we are forever grateful.
00:58Dan, we're grateful for your service to our country and we know that you're going to make
01:03us proud in your new role as Secretary of the Army. So please welcome the Vice President
01:10and this new Secretary of the Army and his family.
01:30Great, everybody please be seated. So we're going to do a little swearing in here to make this
01:35official and I thought so sometimes when you do these swearings in you actually do them formally
01:42beforehand and then you actually do the one on camera just in case you screw something up in
01:46front of the cameras it still counts. We have not done that with Dan. So number one, that puts him
01:52under a lot of pressure. He actually has to say the words correctly and number two, that gives me
01:56an opportunity Dan, this is the last minute here. Anything, you know, anything you can promise me
02:01to ensure that we swear you in properly because the Senate's done its job and now it's time for me
02:06to do mine. But let me just say a couple of words here. First of all, of course, I want to thank the
02:10President for nominating a very, very great Army veteran, a family servant, a guy whose grandfather,
02:18father, and now himself has served in the United States Army to be our Secretary of the Army.
02:23If you look at our recruiting numbers just in the last month, you see a massive increase in the
02:27number of people who decided to volunteer, enlist, and sign up for the United States Army because I
02:33think that under the Trump administration under Secretary Hexeth and now under Secretary Driscoll,
02:38we have people proud to join the United States military again. Thank God for that because we
02:43need good people in our armed forces. We need great people in the United States Army. We have
02:48a lot of great people but of course the future really matters and I'm proud that under President
02:53Trump's leadership we have turned what was a recruiting shortfall into, I think, a recruiting
02:58boon because people are proud to serve the United States military as they should be.
03:03I want to say something about Dan and his wonderful family. So Dan has been a dear friend of
03:07mine for a long time. His beautiful wife Cassie, who's also an incredible physician, and two
03:13beautiful kids who are, I think, the most well-behaved kids I've ever seen of a Secretary
03:18nominee. You guys do a really good job. You actually listen to your parents, which is amazing, and I
03:23think it speaks well. If Dan can get... Daniel, you're eight, okay? Lila, how old are you?
03:30You're six. If you can get an eight and a six-year-old to listen to you, then I think you can sure as hell
03:34be the Secretary of the Army because these guys are a lot tougher than a lot of the
03:39soldiers that Dan will now lead. But we're proud of him. He's a man of integrity. He's a man of
03:44character. He's a man of great leadership, and I think that he will bring the Army to a place
03:49where we can be proud of it, where we can have meritorious service rewarded and commended in the
03:56United States Army, and where we make sure that we're promoting the best and brightest, we're
04:01enlisting the best and brightest, and when, God forbid, we have to send the best and brightest to
04:06America's wars, we do it with competence, with effectiveness, we do the job, and then we bring
04:10everybody home safely. That is what we need to do in the United States Army. I want to thank
04:15Senator Budd, Senator... We have a lot of senators here. Senator Britt, Senator McCormick, and of
04:21course Senator Ernst for their great leadership in helping shepherd Dan's confirmation through.
04:26We've had some tough confirmations, we've had some easier confirmations, and Dan has been on
04:31the easier side, and I think that is great testament both to his character and leadership,
04:35but also to the United States Senate and what they're able to do. So with that,
04:39I will turn our secretary-designate into a secretary by administering the oath of office. So
04:45Dan, if you would please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Daniel Driscoll, do solemnly
04:52swear... I, Daniel Driscoll, do solemnly swear... that I will support and defend the Constitution
04:56of the United States... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...
05:00against all enemies foreign and domestic... against all enemies foreign and domestic...
05:04that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same... that I will bear true faith and
05:08allegiance to the same... that I take this obligation freely... that I take this obligation
05:12freely... without any mental reservation... without any mental reservation... or purpose
05:17of evasion... or purpose of evasion... and that I will well and faithfully... and that I will
05:22well and faithfully... discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter...
05:27discharge the duties of the office of which on which I'm about to enter...
05:30So help you God? So help me God. Congratulations, Mr. Secretary.
06:06They gave us five minutes total for all of this, so this is going to be very fast.
06:11It is a privilege to stand before you today as the 26th Secretary of the United States Army.
06:16I first want to thank the President of the United States for his confidence and his trust.
06:21Next, I am forever grateful to the Vice President and Second Lady.
06:24This friendship has been the adventure of a lifetime. I cannot imagine where it goes from here.
06:29To Cassie, Daniel, Lila, both sets of our parents, my brother, thank you for everything.
06:34Couldn't have done it without you. To everyone I met on the campaign trail,
06:38it is incredible how quickly we went from strangers to friends.
06:42Arthur, thank you for pushing so hard to get this through.
06:45And then just the last thing, my commitment to this role, as the Vice President mentioned,
06:51is rooted in my family's long lineage of military history. We are a family that is
06:56grateful to have had the privilege of wearing the United States Army uniform,
06:59and we're going to fight hard for it. As Secretary, I will honor the Army's 250th-year legacy of
07:06service and sacrifice, and I will stay focused on my mission and shoulder my share of the task,
07:11as I know our soldiers will do. Thank you for being here today. I'm grateful for all of you.
07:15Great. Thank you, Daniel.
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