Trump’s candidate will win 60 votes against 25 and become chairman of the United States Joint Chief of Staff.
The US Senate confirmed Air Force General Dan Kane as chairman of the US co-chief two months ago after the sudden firing of his predecessor.
President Donald Trump’s appointment of Kane was approved with several bipartisan support, with accommodation votes from 60 to 25 Friday before the two-week break.
At a confirmation hearing earlier this month, he promised to be apolitical and said he would be open about his advice to Trump.
When Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin is ordered to instruct the military to do something potentially illegal, when he says it’s “a duty and a job I have,” he is asked to “stomp and push back.”
At his confirmation hearing last week, Kane told the senators “I will continue as a nonpartisan leader who will continue my job oath and committee traditions and standards, and strive to do the right thing at all times.”
However, Kane, who has held various positions, including associate director of military affairs at the CIA, and who flew more than 150 hours in combat as a pilot of an F-16 fighter jet, fails to meet the prerequisites of the co-head of the 1986 law.
The Act outlines that the Chairman must have been a combat commander or service chief. However, if “the national interest requires such action,” the president can abandon the requirement.
Trump’s relationship with Kane dates back to his first administration when he met on a trip to Iraq.
Still, his confirmation was rejected as part of a drastic ull of military leaders supporting diversity and equity, co-chief chair General Charles “CQ” Brown, the second black general to serve that position, and shortly after Trump came to power in January.
Other senior officers dismissed this year include the head of the Navy and Coast Guard, the general who leads the National Security Agency, the deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, the naval admiral assigned to NATO, and three top military personnel.