The fate of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lies in the hands of President Donald Trump, who has signaled in the past that he considers the senior officer to be “doing a good job.”

Trump has promised to fire “woke” military officers, and newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has openly called on Brown to be ousted, reports The Washington Times.

“First off, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Obviously, you’ve got to bring in a new secretary of defense,” Hegseth said in a November podcast, adding that any general who has been involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives “has got to go.”

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