Senate confirms Trump nominee for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in overnight vote

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Updated 1:41 AM CDT, April 11, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 Trump fired his predecessor.

Trump nominated Caine to become the top U.S. military officer in February after abruptly firing Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the second Black general to serve as chairman, as part of his administration’s campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks. The Senate confirmed Caine 60-25 in an overnight vote before heading home for a two-week recess.

Caine is a decorated F-16 combat pilot who served in leadership in multiple special operations commands, in some of the Pentagon’s most classified programs and in the CIA. He does not meet prerequisites for the job set out in a 1986 law, such as being a combatant commander or service chief. But those requirements can be waived by the president if there is a determination that “such action is necessary in the national interest.”

Caine’s confirmation in the middle of the night, just before the Senate left town, comes as Republicans have been quickly advancing Trump’s nominees and as Democrats have been trying to delay the process and show that they are fighting Trump’s policies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., set up the early morning vote after Democrats objected to speeding up procedural votes on the nomination.



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[Lovie777]

1. USA ready for combat duties.............

shithole musk republicans are itching for a battle.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. 60 for? That's way too many Democratic doormats. He's literally unqualified.

There's absolutely no need to agree with the Orange Rapist that an unqualified candidate is "necessary in the national interest". Find a qualified one.

Backbone needed in the Democratic senate.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. seriously

[True Dough]

3. If he's anything like Trump,

he'd be Dan "Raisin Brain" Cain.

[AdamThePhantump]

4. lol

Too funny!

[atreides1]

5. Simple fact

He got the job because his racist boss didn't like the black guy. If Caine had any integrity he would have told Don the Con and Drunken Pete to go fuck themselves, but he didn't!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Unprepared and ill-equipped

Trump sure surrounds himself with second-stringers.
That says a lot about his insecurities and incompetence.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Razin Caine

Look out world. Fuck yeah!

[dem4decades]

8. More like Caine ain't Able

[MayReasonRule]

14. Are You Actually Pleased By This Choice?

[BeyondGeography]

27. We haven't met

Hi, my name is Just Kidding.

[MayReasonRule]

30. The Actual Fuck... Lol.. You Had Me... Swallowed Full Hook, Line And Sinker!!

[lastlib]

9. Why does a "Hogan's Heroes" episode come to mind?

I'm thinking of the one where "Hitler" appoints the most incompetent colonel in the Wehrmacht (Klink, of course) to be chief of staff right before D-Day.

[AdamThePhantump]

13. Wow!

He really shot himself in the foot there, didn’t he?

[marble falls]

25. I can't wait until you start speaking clearly. Whatever do you mean?

[AdamThePhantump]

28. Nevermind!

[k_buddy762]

10. Interesting how things like this

happen in the dead of night when the nation is asleep....

[AdamThePhantump]

11. Does it really matter when this happens?

I mean if it happens in the dead of night, so be it!

[MayReasonRule]

15. I'm Unclear... Are You Pleased By This Unqualified Sycophant Being Chairman Of The Joint Chief Of Staffs?

[AdamThePhantump]

17. Not in the slightest

Definitely not a fan.

[MayReasonRule]

20. Whew... Glad To Know... It's Unclear To At Least Me What You Meant...

Happy Friday y'all!!

[AdamThePhantump]

21. Psychedelic dude!

[MayReasonRule]

22. Praise Bob And Pass The Ammo!

[marble falls]

24. At worst he'll be here no worse than three years. If he fucks up, less.

[MayReasonRule]

26. Three Years Is A Lot Of Human Carnage... This Is The Mother Fucker That Would Say Yes To The Question...

At the best we will still be here in three years...

At the worst nothing will be here in three years

[travelingthrulife]

16. Another psycho

[oasis]

18. Something stinks.nt

[PSPS]

19. I thought democrats were now placing holds on all of trump's appointments.

[orleans]

23. way to go 15 dems

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff )

Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, Kim, Reed, Rosen, Schiff, Slotkin, Warner and King-I.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00213.htm

[Bayard]

29. I am quite surprised at Kelly and Schiff

[orleans]

31. i'm surprised by schiff and andy kim who cleaned up shit off the floor and walls the nite of 1/6; surprised he goes

along with anything trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. He's qualified in one area

He's not afraid to kiss Trump's oversized ass.