In a surprising move, President Donald Trump has dismissed Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the second African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with five other top Pentagon officials. Brown, who was confirmed as Air Force chief of staff in 2020 with bipartisan support, had risen to the military's highest uniformed position.
Trump's decision to remove Brown has sparked mixed reactions on Capitol Hill. While some Republican senators, like Sen. Mike Rounds, acknowledged the president's authority to make such changes, others, such as Sen. Susan Collins, questioned the rationale behind the firings.
