Watchdog clears acting Pentagon chief of bias toward former employer Boeing, setting up potential defense secretary nomination
By Dan Lamothe and Dan Lamothe Reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military Email Bio Follow Missy Ryan Missy Ryan Reporter covering the Pentagon, military issues and national security Email Bio Follow April 25 at 10:31 AM The Pentagon’s watchdog office has cleared acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in an investigation examining whether he used his influence in the Defense Department to favor Boeing, his former employer.
Mattis, who announced his resignation in December, had been expected to stay in the post until the end of February to allow for a smooth transition. But Trump pushed him out earlier after growing angry with negative news coverage. If confirmed, Shanahan will take over a department that has numerous vacancies, including deputy defense secretary, the position to which he was confirmed, and Air Force secretary. He will inherit a Defense Department that has increasingly avoided describing basics about its operations, shunning on-camera briefings with the news media for more than 300 days, and further restricting access to senior commanders in war zones.
“No change to the priorities, no change to the strategy,” he told reporters in January. “It's really, you know, go faster on the implementation and the execution.”
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