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White House Nominates Stratcom Commander for Vice Chair, Joint Chiefs

White House Nominates Stratcom Commander for Vice Chair, Joint Chiefs
Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command. Photo: Dan Leone.

The White House nominated Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opening up a vacancy at both the nation’s top nuclear command post, and a seat on the joint Pentagon-Department of Energy body that oversees nuclear weapons procurement, the Secretary of the Air Force said Tuesday. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command since November 2016, “was nominated this morning to be our next vice chairman of the joint chiefs  of staff,” Heather…

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