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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thurs for talks. Russian officials said US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> had provided details on the ceasefire idea on Wednesday &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> was ready to discuss it.</p><p>Trump had said in the White House on Wednesday that he hoped the Kremlin would agree to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> proposal for a 30-day ceasefire that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> said it would support.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Michael Martinez :verified:<p>Probably too little, too late from America's CEOs who are backing off from their enthusiastic support for the idiot in the White House. NOW they're concerned about national security.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ceo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6I-qdwUMBA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=O6I-qdwUMB</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>5 fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> secretaries on Thurs denounced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s firing last week of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> chair &amp; several other snr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> ofcls, urging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to hold hearings &amp; declaring they have concluded the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons.”

The extraordinary public appeal was signed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimMattis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimMattis</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckHagel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckHagel</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeonPanetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonPanetta</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilliamPerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamPerry</span></a> — who served in Republican &amp; Democratic admins dating back to the 1990s.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/five-former-us-defense-secretaries-assail-trumps-military-firings-reckless-2025-02-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/five-form</span><span class="invisible">er-us-defense-secretaries-assail-trumps-military-firings-reckless-2025-02-28/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The 6% figure struck Stephen Engelberg as highly implausible. Engelberg began his career at a newspaper in Norfolk, VA, home to the world’s largest Navy base. He thought about the number of people needed to staff an aircraft carrier battle group on deployments that last for months. After Norfolk, Engelberg spent years covering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>. Given the restrictions on handling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> information, hardly anyone at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> agencies, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> can work from home.</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Federal employees told to justify jobs in email or Musk says they face dismissal<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/politics/elon-musk-employees-emails" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/22/politics/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-employees-emails</span></a></p><p>"But several <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> agencies, including the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>, and multiple other federal depts, advised staffers not to respond to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a>... suggesting that the broader executive branch was not informed of nor prepared for the demand.</p><p>The email came from the Office of Personnel Management’s new HR email address but had no signature."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In all, six Pentagon officials were fired, including Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the Navy; Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force; and the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a><br>/20</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer as part of an extraordinary Friday night purge at the Pentagon that injected politics into the selection of the nation’s top military leaders."</p><p>~ Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Jonathan Swan</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a><br>/19</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.uCBT.5s6MNKPKdql6&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.uCBT.5s6MNKPKdql6&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During his 2nd admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has shown personal animus toward high-ranking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> officers [particularly if they are not white and/or are women], both those on active duty &amp; some who retired years ago.</p><p>Trump has suggested that Gen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkMilley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkMilley</span></a>, his fmr chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> who retired in 2023, should be executed for engaging w/his Chinese counterpart during the turmoil surrounding the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The prohibition against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> serving on warships ended in 1993, opening the door for officers like Adm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisaFranchetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LisaFranchetti</span></a> to compete equally with their male counterparts. Women were not allowed on submarines, however, until 2010.</p><p>The firing of a service chief such as Admiral Franchetti is vanishingly rare, though <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> fired another four-star female admiral less than 24 hrs after his second inauguration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Adm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisaFranchetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LisaFranchetti</span></a> received her commission in 1985 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Northwestern University, just 7yrs after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> ended its prohibition on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> serving on ships at sea.</p><p>She became a surface warfare officer at a time when women joining the fleet in that role were typically limited to serving on auxiliary ships — noncombat vessels that carry cargo, fuel, ammunition or specialized equipment to repair submarines.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Adm. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisaFranchetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LisaFranchetti</span></a> spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, rising to command the destroyer U.S.S. Ross, &amp; later a destroyer squadron, two aircraft carrier strike groups, all naval forces in Korea &amp; the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.</p><p>Admiral Franchetti became the 33rd chief of naval operations on Nov. 2, 2023, making her the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> to have a permanent seat as a member of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gen Caine retired w/ 3 stars, as a lieutenant general. By <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a>, the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> of Staff is supposed to have served as a combatant Commander, as the vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or as the top uniformed officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Space Force.<br>It’s unclear if Gen Caine will need a congressional waiver; a congressional aide said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had some latitude to choose whom he wanted &amp; exceptions could be made for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In all, 6 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> officials were fired. In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> also fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> to lead the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a>; Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a>; &amp; the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a>, Navy &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>He served in several highly secretive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> &amp; special ops assignments, some in the US &amp; some overseas.</p><p>Acc/to his military biography, Gen Caine was a part-time member of the Air National Guard from 2009 to 2016 &amp; “a serial entrepreneur &amp; investor.”</p><p>He was also an assoc director for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> affairs at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> from 2021 to 2024, serving as the principal liaison to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> &amp; working w/the military on several highly classified programs &amp; operations….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gen Caine is a 1990 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he received a degree in economics. He later got a master’s in air warfare at the American Military University.</p><p>An F-16 pilot with 150 combat flight hours, Gen Caine’s career took him on an unusual path for a future Air Force general.</p><p>He was a White House fellow at the Agriculture Dept &amp; a counterterrorism specialist on the White House’s Homeland Security Council under Pres George W. Bush.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But it soon became clear that Gen Brown had not been welcomed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s inner circle. He was not invited to key meetings w/the president, ofcls said.</p><p>It was a significant reversal for Trump from 2020, when Gen Brown was nominated to be the USAF’s chief of staff. At the time, Trump noted the historic significance of his decision to appoint the “first-ever African American military service chief,” posting that the general was “a Patriot &amp; Great Leader.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> said in a [TV] appearance…in Nov. He added that any general involved with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, &amp; that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.”</p><p>On Hegseth’s first day at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, however, he stood next to General Brown, who became chairman in Oct 2023, &amp; said he looked forward to working w/him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> chairmen traditionally remain in place as admins change, regardless of the president’s political party. But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> officials said they wanted to appoint their own top leaders.</p><p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> [drunk rapist] has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> fired the country’s senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> officer on Fri after weeks of turmoil at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, injecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> into selecting the nation’s top military leader.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Fires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> Chairman Amid Turmoil at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a></p><p>The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>’s leadership is too mired in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> issues &amp; has lost sight of its combat role.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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