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The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Donald Tru...
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Democrats said they worried that Trump, who has fired a series of top national security officials, was surrounding himself with "yes men" loyal to him and not the Constitution.
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Dan Caine, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, committed Tuesday to serving as a nonpartisan leader who would give unvarnished military advice and always “strive to do the right thing” if confirmed as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
While National Security Agency chief General Timothy Haugh apparently was not told why he was abruptly fired this week, a far-right activist who urged President Donald Trump to dismiss him offered one explanation: his alleged ties to retired Army general and Trump critic Mark Milley.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... with then-Chairman Gen. Mark Milley soured as Milley pushed back and took ...
Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was nominated by Trump to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs after the president fired the previous chairman, Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, about a year and a half into a four-year term.