The business is a leading American defence Minister, Patrick Shanahan (56) is guided according to the will of President Donald Trump permanently the Pentagon. The spokesperson of the White house, Sarah Sanders, said in Washington on Thursday, Trump wool nominate Shanahan as Secretary of defense.
The former Boeing Manager had shown in the past few months, he had been a business leader at the helm of the Pentagon, his outstanding qualifications for the Post and will continue to do an excellent Job, explained Sanders. The Senate must consent to the change of personnel. Shanahan had joined since 2017, first Deputy Minister of defence and the beginning of 2019 the interim head of the Pentagon, after the former U.S. Secretary of defense James Mattis had submitted due to content disagreements with the President his resignation. Shanahan is head of the Pentagon for more than four months Commissioner – he is the longest-Executive Minister at the helm of a mighty apparatus.
Even longer, there had been speculation that Trump could nominate the Ex-Manager permanently for the Post. Shanahan saw, but an internal investigation and suspended, because there were allegations that he had taken in the Pentagon measures, in order to favor his former employer Boeing over its competitors. An internal Supervisory body of the Ministry was, however, no evidence for the accusations.
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Shanahan was, however, not least because as a. Several senators – including Republicans – commented on in the past few months, skeptical about his qualifications for the office. The 56-Year-old is the stirrup-holder in one of the most important projects Trumps: After the President has declared a national state of emergency, to the construction of the wall on the border to Mexico without the consent of the Congress are advancing, the acting Minister of defense money from the Budget of the Pentagon – which is extremely controversial. As the senators wanted to know at a hearing Details of him that made Shanahan is not a good figure. On Demands he dodged or verhaspelte.
Trump has praised Shanahan in the past, and about its Manager, the qualities referred to. The 56-Year-old had worked for three decades for Boeing, before Trump made him, in 2017 the Deputy Minister of defense. Military experience Shanahan had at the time, no, political. He even said at the time his move to the Pentagon: “It is as if it separates after many years of his girlfriend and the love of his life”. On Thursday, he said, he felt honored. He wanted to promote, among other things, the modernization of the US military. In front of journalists, he said he did not know in the afternoon in the White house Trumps decision. “I called my mother. She was super happy.”
Video: U.S. Secretary of defense Mattis is Shanahan Patrick Shanahan replaced took over in early 2019 temporarily the office.
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Created: 10.05.2019, 08:53 PM
