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

Roger Wicker, GOP chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee ... will select a qualified and capable successor for the critical position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” ...

President Donald Trump on Friday terminated Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman CQ Brown Jr ... chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, thanked Brown "for his decades of honorable service ...