CENTCOM commander presented Trump with options for attacking Iran The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials and other sources with direct knowledge of the details of the issue, reported that Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), Secretary of War Pete Guest and General Dan Cain, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, briefed President Donald Trump on military options for an attack on Iran on October 29. Admiral Cooper rarely meets Trump in person; The last meeting between these two starts in July.