WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., nominated for reappointment as Chief Of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, testifies during a Senate Armed Services hearing May 7, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Get WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Gen.
Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation's military services.Vice President Mike Pence took the unusual step of presiding over the vote, something he usually does to break ties.
But Brown's confirmation, 98-0, was not close. Pence called the moment “historic."The vote came as the Trump administration and the mostly white Senate Republican conference.