In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, shakes hands with US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was at the White House earlier this month preparing for a trip to Kyiv to discuss drone technology when he received an unexpected assignment from President Donald Trump: push Ukraine to come back to the table for peace talks with the Russia — and do it fast.

The 38-year-old Army veteran and close friend of Vice President JD Vance, his classmate at Yale Law School, had no prior diplomatic experience. But an “Army-to-Army” discussion seemed promising, said one person familiar with the discussions: The Ukrai

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