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Telle will step into his new role in the Army at a time of turmoil both abroad and within the Department of Defense.
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Dan Driscoll has resigned as U.S. Army Secretary, and Adam Telle has been named acting Army Secretary.
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Adam Telle was named acting Army Secretary following Dan Driscoll's resignation.
Telle has previously worked for Trump during his first term as a special assistant to the president for legislative affairs Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting army secretary after the departure of Daniel Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the assistant secretary of the army for civil works. Continue reading...
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump approved the execution by U.S. Army firing squad of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Pentagon confirmed. Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death in 2013 for killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. The execution will be the first by the U.S. military since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II; the date and location have not yet been set.
Sky News – Front Page Former "American Idol" contestant and Ohio music pastor Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors said he staged a home invasion after shooting her while having an affair. Flynn maintained his innocence at Monday's sentencing hearing in Ohio.
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport as she was departing for China, accusing her of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government by surveilling the son and family of Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te at the behest of Chinese officials. Lai condemned the alleged operation as a "barbaric" act and criticized China for disregarding human rights and suppressing personal freedoms.
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