As the Trump Administration works to nudge Ukraine and Russia closer to the negotiation table and towards a peace deal , a figure increasingly at the center of the negotiations is U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, a close ally of Vice President J.D. Vance.

In an unusual move, Driscoll is leading talks on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi with a Russian delegation to discuss Trump’s latest plan for peace. The moment is the latest sign of Driscoll’s rise within Trump’s inner circle. Days earlier, Driscoll and Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke in Geneva with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A joint statement released by the U.S. and Ukraine on Sunday described that summit as having yielded “meaningful progress toward aligning positions and identifying clear next steps.”

The meetings c

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