The Senate confirmed early Friday Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, the former National Guardsman and fighter pilot, to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Senate voted 60 to 25 to confirm Dan Caine on Friday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two months after Trump fired his predecessor.

The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff almost two months after President Trump abruptly fired his predecessor.

Dan Caine confirmed by Senate to become Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman. The 60-25 vote caps an unusual nomination process that began with the abrupt dismissal of Caine’s predecessor several ...

Lt. General Dan Caine testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 1, 2025. AFP via Getty Images.

Retired Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine was confirmed by a 60-25 vote in the Senate in the middle of the night, after Democratic attempts to delay his confirmation.

The Senate voted around 2 a.m. Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump plucked him from retirement to be his top military adviser.

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 60-25 vote came after Democrats, led by Sen ...

Gen. Dan Caine’s comments in Senate testimony were restrained but significant, perhaps allaying lawmakers’ fears he would bow ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, told senators Tuesday that he ...

Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, whom President Donald Trump plucked from retirement — and relative obscurity — to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was confirmed by the Senate early ...

The Senate early Friday morning voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s choice to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, replacing the fired Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr.