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I'm John Batchel.

I welcome Patrick Tucker, the technology editor for Defense One, writing about the nomination for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Daniel Kane, General Kane, retired U.S. Air Force General three star.

Patrick has a piece up at Defense 1, I recommend, because he's emphasizing special forces.

Patrick, a very good evening to you.

I knew General Kane because of the story, the legend of 9-11.

He was in charge in some fashion for the F-16s that were flying over the D.C. all day long. But now that

was then. This is now. Special forces. Where in his career did he pick up a special knowledge of

special forces? Good evening to you. Good evening. So, yes, in 2016, he received his general star

and became assistant commanding general of Joint Special Operations Command, an elite group among special operators.

So he also worked as the liaison, the military liaison to the CIA.

And he worked the special access, as director of special access programs in the Pentagon.

And that is basically the programs that are above top secret, some of the most important,

closely held stuff.

So he's deeply familiar with covert and clandestine warfare across many dimensions, but particularly

air warfare.

And that is, in many ways, his role in that is what made him visible and particularly valuable

to Trump.

In 2017, as Trump was taking over Operation Inherent Resolve, there was a move to change

rules of engagement to essentially allow a lot more operations to go forward, a lot more targeted

airstrikes. In doing that, they moved to basically more covert in Klandine

Misten's missions and moved the authority for those strikes far further down the line.

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