President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making ... The ouster of Brown, only the second Black general to serve as chairman, is sure to send shock ...

Trump said he plans to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine of the U.S. Air Force to replace Gen. CQ Brown as the nation’s top ...

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President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Brown, who spent Friday visiting troops at the U.S ... Lloyd Austin, and the Joint Chiefs chairman were Black.

President Trump on Friday night abruptly fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... for the last 16 months and was only the second black general to hold the vaunted post.