{"id":78,"date":"2026-09-03T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/hegseth-favors-sean-parnell-for-army-secretary-sources\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:34:00","slug":"hegseth-favors-sean-parnell-for-army-secretary-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/hegseth-favors-sean-parnell-for-army-secretary-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Favors Sean Parnell for Army Secretary: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has indicated that Sean Parnell is his preferred candidate for the position of secretary of the Army, according to multiple senior officials familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

Parnell, a former Army officer who currently serves as the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, is being considered for the role by the White House. The search follows the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who stepped down after months of reported tension with Hegseth.<\/p>\n

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is overseeing the selection process for Driscoll\u2019s replacement. A Department of Defense spokesperson declined to comment on the internal discussions, stating that the department does not address private conversations between administration officials.<\/p>\n

The development marks a significant shift in leadership at the Army, with Parnell emerging as a leading contender for the post.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com\/cbsnews\/vr\/hls\/4789119_hls\/master.m3u8<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified Sean Parnell as his top choice to replace Dan Driscoll as Army secretary, sources say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[187,185,186,184,26],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-defense-department","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-sean-parnell","tag-united-states-army","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}