Category: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Biden’s Pick for Top US General Grilled About Memo Seeking Racial Quotas in Air Force Recruiting

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States armed services co-authored an August 2022 memo that stipulated preferred racial quotas for Air Force recruiting efforts—spurring criticism from several Republican senators during a July 11 confirmation hearing. Also touched on at the meeting were military challenges posed by China and Russia—among others—but festered on conservative…


LIVE NOW: House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on 2024 Budget for Department of Defense

U.S. House Appropriations Committee holds a hearing on the 2024 Budget Proposal for the Department of Defense at 10 a.m. ET on March 23. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley will testify. …


House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on 2024 Budget for Department of Defense

U.S. House Appropriations Committee holds a hearing on the 2024 Budget Proposal for the Department of Defense at 10 a.m. ET on March 23. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley will testify. …