Daniel who? The man who is now negotiating over Ukraine

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Daniel who? The man who is now negotiating over Ukraine

So far he has been in the second row and hardly attracted public attention: But now a state secretary in the USA is coming into focus because of the negotiations in the Ukraine war. Who is Daniel Driscoll?

He is unknown to many and has now suddenly been given a key position for the USA in the international negotiations on the Ukraine war: Daniel Driscoll. According to media reports, the American is said to have traveled to Abu Dhabi for talks with a Russian delegation about a possible solution to the conflict. Among other things, he had led the US delegation that traveled to Kiev for talks a few days ago. Who is the man who has so far been in the second row publicly?

At the suggestion of President Donald Trump, Driscoll was appointed undersecretary of defense at the end of February. At his late 30s, he is a very young representative of this office. He is responsible for the Army – specifically for operations, modernization and resource allocation for almost a million soldiers, National Guardsmen and reservists, according to the US military’s website.

The US government recently renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War and Trump is promoting the concept of peace through strength. Driscoll, a member of Trump’s Republican Party, works in a key presidential department.

Driscoll’s professional career is also linked to the military. He was an officer. In 2009 he served in Iraq. The military website goes on to say that Driscoll comes from a family with a long military tradition. He later left active military service.

After his military service, Driscoll, who was born in a small town in the US state of North Carolina in the eastern United States, worked as a businessman in, among other things, investment banking. He brings a business background. He studied at the Yale Law School at the US elite university Yale. There he became friends with JD Vance, who is now Vice President of the United States. According to the media, he is also said to have been his political advisor.

The military website says about Driscoll’s personal life: He is married to his “high school sweetheart” and the couple has two children.

The key position that Driscoll has been given is leading to speculation about other representatives from Trump’s team. In particular, the role of Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East and the Ukraine war, among other things, is coming into focus.