Majority of US Senate backs Air Force chief Brown to become top US military officer

A majority of the U.S. Senate backed U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown on Wednesday to be the top U.S. military officer, as lawmakers moved to confirm some of the top senior officers whose promotions have been stalled by a Republican senator's blockade.

As voting continued, the vote was 62 to 3 in favor of President Joe Biden's nomination of Brown to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.