The Senate confirmed retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump‘s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, early Friday morning after Democrats delayed the process.
Caine was confirmed to succeed former Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., with several Democrats joining all Republicans in voting for him. Trump fired Brown in February. The Democrats who had aimed to delay Caine’s confirmation expressed concern over the Trump administration’s various firings in the Defense Department, including the abrupt axing of Brown.
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