Overview
- Media reports say Driscoll traveled to Abu Dhabi to engage a Russian delegation after leading recent talks in Kyiv.
- Negotiating circles report Washington and Kyiv have converged on a slimmed 19-point peace outline, which has not been officially confirmed.
- Driscoll personally presented revised U.S. proposals to President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Mariinsky Palace, according to German press accounts.
- The Yale Law–educated Army secretary, a close associate of Vice President JD Vance, has shifted from procurement and budgeting toward high-stakes diplomacy, including an earlier push to acquire Ukrainian drone technology.
- His rapid rise has fueled speculation about changes among Trump envoys, with scrutiny of Steve Witkoff’s role and criticism from opponents who question Driscoll’s limited diplomatic experience and past involvement in contentious National Guard deployments.