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Lieutenant General Dan Caine, USAF (Ret)
Senate confirms Dan Caine to lead Joint Chiefs in late-night vote
by Ellen Mitchell
The Senate early Friday morning voted to confirm President Trump’s choice to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine.
The 60 to 25 vote came after Democrats, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), blocked a quick passage of Caine’s nomination to protest Trump’s Feb. 21 firing of the previous top military commander, Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr. The senators, who are poised to leave for a two-week recess, argued Brown’s removal was unjustified.
But despite the unexplained firing of Brown, Caine had bipartisan support following a relatively quiet confirmation hearing that had no major objections to him becoming the U.S. military’s top uniformed official.
From his bio:
Lt. Gen. Caine was commissioned in 1990 through the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute, and he has an Master of Arts in Air Warfare from the American Military University. He has completed a range of national security and leadership courses, including Harvard Kennedy School’s course for Senior Executives in National and International Security, and the Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Program on National Security. As a Command Pilot, he has logged more than 2,800 hours in the F-16, including more than 150 combat hours. From 2009-2016, Lt. Gen. Caine was a part-time member of the National Guard and a serial entrepreneur and investor.
Among is decorations is an Air Medal with a bronze oak leaf cluster, representing a second award. His Tango Alpha Hotel name is, “Q.” Unlike the previous gentleman in this post.
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