Article continues below advertisementPete Hegseth is allegedly trying to paint a top Pentagon official as a "resistance figure" in the hopes of ousting him from the administration. Hegseth, 45, considers Army Secretary Dan Driscoll something of a rival after Donald Trump selected the latter to help negotiate the end of the Russia-Ukraine war, multiple insiders told The Hill, per a report on Thursday, April 9. "He's just really uncomfortable with anyone who could potentially be outshining him," a current Pentagon official told the publication of the defense secretary.