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Joint Chiefs Chairman Pick ‘Razin’ Caine Described As ‘Serial Entrepreneur,’ ‘Air-Ground Integrator’

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, February 24th, 2025

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Pick ‘Razin’ Caine Described As ‘Serial Entrepreneur,’ ‘Air-Ground Integrator’

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine, President Trump's nominee to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

President Trump’s pick to serve as his new top military adviser, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, is a former F-16 pilot and deputy commanding general of a joint task force that fought ISIS in Iraq, who would return to the Pentagon after having also spent time in the investment and venture capital world. A defense official on Monday described Caine, Trump’s nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a “nonpartisan candidate” and a…

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