# OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary, gaining bipartisan reach just as midterms loom

**Published:** November 3, 2026
**Author:** Manuel Uth
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-hires-ex-army-secretary-gaining-bipartisan-reach-just-as-midterms

OpenAI hires Dan Driscoll, the former civilian head of the US Army, as "Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization," likely to win government contracts and help shape AI rules for the military and intelligence agencies. Driscoll drove AI projects inside the Army, is a…

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