# Leadership Vacuum at US Military? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/leadership-vacuum-at-us-military Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/leadership-vacuum-at-us-military.md Podcast: [Amanpour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408) Published: 2026-09-01T18:26:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1114227893.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1114227893.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/leadership-vacuum-at-us-military Duration seconds: 3377 ## Resource US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned yesterday following months of clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Much of that friction is understood to have stemmed from Hegseth's slashing of the army's most senior leaders. For many, Driscoll's departure is no surprise, but it leaves the military without another combat-tested leader at what some see as a time of maximum peril. CNN White House Correspondent Alayna Treene joins the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry; author Annie Lowrey, "The Time Tax"; author Kurt Andersen, "The Breakup: A Novel"    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/leadership-vacuum-at-us-military/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/leadership-vacuum-at-us-military.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.