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May 10, 2019

Trump Nominates Patrick Shanahan as Pentagon Chief
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President Trump has nominated Patrick Shanahan to become the next
Secretary of Defense. Shanahan has been acting Pentagon chief since
Trump fired James Mattis at the start of the year. Last month, an
internal Pentagon ethics investigation cleared Shanahan following
accusations that he unfairly favored the weapons contractor Boeing,
where he spent over three decades as an executive.


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