#Trump fired the country’s senior #military officer on Fri after weeks of turmoil at the #Pentagon, injecting #politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader.
Gen Charles Q. Brown Jr, a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second African American to hold the chairman’s job, is to be replaced by a retired three-star Air Force general, John D. Caine, who endeared himself to the president when they met in Iraq 6 yrs ago.