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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2026 · 19 MIN

The Man Who Tried to Save the Pentagon

from The Powers That Be: Daily · host Puck | Audacy

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to illuminate the stunning resignation of Dan Driscoll, the Army’s top civilian leader: his friendship with JD Vance, media rivalry with Pete Hegseth, his push to modernize the military and inevitable clash with Boeing, Lockheed, and Raytheon. Then they turn to Hegseth’s political decapitation of DoD leadership and Driscoll’s final, Hail Mary attempt to alert Trump to the true extent of the chaos inside the Pentagon. 

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