WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding the confirmation of Lieutenant General (ret.) John D. Caine to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: 

“The Chinese Communist Party continues an expansive military buildup, and our adversaries continue to band together against the United States. It is critical that the Senate confirm Lieutenant General Caine as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this week.

“President Trump should have the expertise of the highest-ranking military officer in place without any delays. 

“Lieutenant General Caine sailed through the Senate Armed Services Committee on a 23 to 4 vote – an overwhelming, nearly unanimous, bipartisan endorsement. We must stay as long as it takes to get the president’s chief military official on the job – because that is what the American people deserve and what the moment demands.”

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