"The Army Secretary is viewed as a close ally to Vice President JD Vance, having attended Yale Law School with him, and resisted Hegseth's pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army, Griffin wrote, reporting how Butler was actually on a list to be promoted, not fired: Butler served as the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs when Gen. Mark Milley was chairman, and was slated to receive his first star."
"His name appeared for two years in a row on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion. That list has been held up by Hegseth for nearly four months because he reportedly has concerns about four to five officers selected by the Army board, but by law he cannot remove them from the list. Butler volunteered to take his name off the promotion list if it would help unlock the other promotions, according to an Army official."
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered the removal of Army Col. Dave Butler from his roles as Chief of Army Public Affairs and chief advisor to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. Driscoll was in Geneva on the Ukraine negotiating team when Hegseth demanded the firing and resisted Hegseth's pressure for months. Butler had served as head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs under Gen. Mark Milley and was slated for promotion to brigadier general, appearing on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion for two consecutive years. Hegseth has held up that promotion list for nearly four months over concerns about several officers, and Butler volunteered to withdraw his name to help unlock the other promotions. The removal has contributed to a climate of fear, uncertainty, and reluctance to speak up among military brass.
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