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