The nomination of Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown to replace Gen. Mark A. Milley had been anticipated for weeks and will require confirmation in the Senate.
Author: Dan Lamothe
Biden expected to tap Air Force general as next Joint Chiefs chairman
If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles ‘CQ’ Brown Jr. would replace Gen. Mark A. Milley as the president’s senior military adviser.
GOP-led House steps up scrutiny of Biden’s military aid for Ukraine
Senior Pentagon officials closely involved with the administration’s Ukraine security assistance program are due to appear at two House hearings Tuesday.
Milley told Jan. 6 panel he’s become a political ‘lightning rod’
Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, spoke with congressional investigators about a “deliberate attempt” to smear the military’s general officer corps.
Jan. 6 panel scrutinizes Trump’s post-election military orders
Executing Trump’s plan for leaving Afghanistan could have yielded ‘catastrophic’ results, officials told lawmakers investigating the the U.S. Capitol attack.
Army officer who reported Trump probably faced retaliation, inquiry finds
Yevgeny Vindman, a former White House adviser, “was the subject of unfavorable personnel actions” after raising alarm about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, the Defense Department’s inspector general determined.
Trump wanted to court-martial prominent retired officers, book says
In “A Scared Oath,” former defense secretary Mark Esper details his often uneasy tenure in Trump’s Cabinet, a fraught 15 months when, according to the book, he endeavored to serve as a guardrail on the combative president’s most alarming impulses.
Former D.C. Guard commander demands Pentagon inspector general retract Jan. 6 report
Retired Maj. Gen. William Walker’s objection to the report’s findings injects fresh tension into the ongoing political turmoil stemming from the Capitol riot, in which supporters of President Donald Trump smashed their way into Congress in a violent at…