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2023-05-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Biden tapping Gen. Charles Brown for chairman of the Joint Chiefs
[CBS] President Biden is nominating Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown Jr.
...fighter pilot and the first African American to serve among the Joint Chiefs since Colin Powell became chairman three decades ago...
to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president is expected to announce Thursday in a White House Rose Garden ceremony.

Brown is currently the Air Force chief of staff.

The position is the nation's highest-ranking military officer, and the chairman is the primary military adviser to the president, as well as to the defense secretary and National Security Council.

Brown would replace Gen. Mark Milley, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump in 2019. The chairman serves at the pleasure of the president for a four-year term. Milley held the job during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol and the deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Politico - Same story.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-25 06:51|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 "tapping" in a different manner than his showering daughter, apparently
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-25 07:01||   2023-05-25 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 I see they are really trying to boosr recruitment numbers by nominating BLM'ers. White officers need not apply.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-25 07:32||   2023-05-25 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 JCS Executive Dining Room staff downsizing imminent.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-25 08:37||   2023-05-25 08:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta get Charlie Brown here up to the proper weight of an administrator. I suggest a steady diet of Red Clam Chowder, Nantucket Crab flavored Potato Chips, and Tres Leches cakes.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-25 13:20||   2023-05-25 13:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Could he be worse than Milley?

Perhaps.

I used to get a kick out of the way Star Trek portrayed General Officers as incompetent, time servers or schemers. I thought they really couldn't be that sordid a bunch. But it seems a lot of General Officers are pretty awful.
Posted by lord garth 2023-05-25 19:02||   2023-05-25 19:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope someone pulls the football away just before he kicks it.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-05-25 20:51||   2023-05-25 20:51|| Front Page Top

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