{"id":1276,"date":"2026-09-01T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2026-09-01T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:30:54","slug":"us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Growing Rift With Pentagon Chief Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Driscoll, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/leaders\/sa\">US Army Secretary<\/a>, has resigned from his post, multiple American news outlets confirmed on Monday. The resignation comes after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Army leadership decisions and promotion freezes. The White House has not yet said whether it has formally accepted the resignation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Background<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Driscoll took charge as the 26th Secretary of the Army in February 2025. At 38, he became the youngest person ever to hold the post. He is a combat veteran who served with the Army&#8217;s 10th Mountain Division and deployed to Iraq before going on to Yale Law School and a career in venture capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driscoll is a close friend of Vice President JD Vance, and the two were classmates at Yale. That closeness reportedly did not sit well with Hegseth, who has been described by several sources as wary of officials with independent lines to the White House. Reports of a possible Driscoll exit had circulated for months before Monday&#8217;s news broke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is not the first senior figure to leave the Pentagon under Hegseth&#8217;s watch. Army Chief of Staff General Randy George was removed in April, Navy Secretary John Phelan departed around the same time, and Army Europe and Africa commander General Christopher Donahue stepped down in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Details<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to people familiar with the matter, Driscoll spoke directly with President Trump about &#8220;the current state of the Army&#8221; before formally submitting his resignation. One source told CNN that Driscoll raised concerns in his resignation about Army transformation and readiness, and about Hegseth blocking those efforts by removing senior generals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driscoll had also held up promotions for a list of Army officers that Hegseth reportedly objected to, a standoff that dragged on for close to four months. The Wall Street Journal was first to report the resignation, and the White House did not deny the report when asked about it on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is still not fully clear whether the resignation has been formally accepted. A Reuters source said the White House&#8217;s position on that remained unclear even after Monday evening&#8217;s statements, and the Army itself declined to comment on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news lands nearly six months into the ongoing US war with Iran, a conflict that some military leaders have privately warned cannot continue indefinitely at its current pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quotes<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly issued a statement Monday evening praising Driscoll&#8217;s tenure, crediting him with strengthening Army readiness and helping with Russia-Ukraine negotiations. She added that the Army is &#8220;more powerful than ever&#8221; under his leadership alongside the president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Army official, speaking to reporters, said only that Driscoll &#8220;spoke to the president about the current state of the Army and submitted his resignation.&#8221; Neither the Pentagon nor Hegseth&#8217;s office has issued a separate public statement addressing the reported tension between the two men.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Impact<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driscoll&#8217;s departure adds to a string of high-profile exits from the Pentagon since Hegseth took over as Defense Secretary, and it raises fresh questions about how the department is being run during an active overseas conflict. Losing an Army secretary in the middle of a war effort is not a small thing \u2014 it leaves a leadership gap at exactly the point when steady hands matter most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Army specifically, the frozen promotions list and the disputes over transformation plans suggest deeper disagreements than just personality clashes. Officers waiting on those promotions, and the broader modernization push Driscoll championed, are now left without a clear champion inside the administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internationally, the resignation could complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts, given Driscoll&#8217;s direct role in past Russia-Ukraine negotiation talks. Allies and observers will likely watch closely to see who replaces him and whether that person continues the same approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The White House has not named a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/\">Dan Driscoll<\/a>, and it remains unclear exactly when he will formally leave the role. Given the pattern of departures under Hegseth this year, more scrutiny of Pentagon leadership dynamics seems likely in the days ahead. Further statements from the Department of War and the White House are expected as the transition takes shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>FAQs<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Why did Pete Hegseth leave the military?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pete Hegseth served in the Army National Guard for years, including deployments to Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and he rose to the rank of major. In January 2021, he was removed from a National Guard security detail assigned to President Biden&#8217;s inauguration after a colleague raised concerns about a tattoo that was flagged during a routine review. Hegseth has said the tattoo was a religious symbol rather than anything extremist. He left the Guard around the same period and later moved fully into media and political commentary before being appointed Defense Secretary. There is no publicly documented record of a disciplinary discharge tied to his exit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How old is Army Secretary Dan Driscoll?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Driscoll was born in 1986 in Boone, North Carolina, which puts him at around 39 to 40 years old as of 2026. He was confirmed as Army Secretary in February 2025 at age 38, making him the youngest person to ever hold that position in US history. Before his political career, he served as an Army officer, earned a law degree from Yale, and worked in venture capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Who is Dan Driscoll?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Driscoll is the 26th Secretary of the Army, a position he has held since February 2025 after being nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate in a 66-28 vote. He is a former Army officer who deployed to Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division, later attending Yale Law School and building a career in venture capital and private equity. He is a longtime friend of Vice President JD Vance, having studied alongside him at Yale, and he played a role in past US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine. His reported resignation follows sustained tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and promotion decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Driscoll, the US Army Secretary, has resigned from his post, multiple American news outlets confirmed on Monday. The resignation comes after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Army leadership decisions and promotion freezes. The White House has not yet said whether it has formally accepted the resignation. Background Dan Driscoll took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[146,145],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-dan-driscoll","tag-us-army-secretary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Asian Chronicle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kainat Rajput\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kainat Rajput\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kainat Rajput\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\"},\"headline\":\"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Growing Rift With Pentagon Chief Hegseth\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":997,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/736015.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Dan Driscoll\",\"US Army Secretary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"International\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/\",\"name\":\"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/736015.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\"},\"description\":\"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/736015.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/736015.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns amid tensions with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Growing Rift With Pentagon Chief Hegseth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"South Asian Chronicle\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64\",\"name\":\"Kainat Rajput\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kainat Rajput\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southasianchronicle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/kainat_123\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions","description":"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions","og_description":"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.","og_url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/","og_site_name":"South Asian Chronicle","article_published_time":"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Kainat Rajput","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kainat Rajput","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/"},"author":{"name":"Kainat Rajput","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64"},"headline":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Growing Rift With Pentagon Chief Hegseth","datePublished":"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/"},"wordCount":997,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp","keywords":["Dan Driscoll","US Army Secretary"],"articleSection":["International"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/","name":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Hegseth Tensions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-01T06:30:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64"},"description":"US Army Secretary resigns as Dan Driscoll quits amid rising tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over Army leadership and readiness.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/736015.webp","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns amid tensions with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/us-army-secretary-resigns-amid-hegseth-tensions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Army Secretary Resigns Amid Growing Rift With Pentagon Chief Hegseth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/","name":"South Asian Chronicle","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77a7e98be06e3c41a791a958c366cc64","name":"Kainat Rajput","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f738df353c75e8161d210bb4306fb7f52975af27994d173a0e6ef477cddbdfb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kainat Rajput"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/author\/kainat_123\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}