Patrick Shanahan’s expected promotion to permanently head the Defense Department has stalled amid an ethics investigation and a series of unimpressive public performances
, according to four people with knowledge of internal White House discussions.
With so much scrutiny on the crashes that killed a total of 346 people, it's enough to have “the Boeing stench on you” to hurt chances for a nomination right now, a former Defense Department official told POLITICO. The White House had no immediate comment Friday, and the Pentagon said Shanahan's only priority is doing the job Trump appointed him to.
In addition to his Boeing ties, Shanahan's prospects suffered because of his rocky performances at last month's Munich Security Conference and at a Senate hearing last week, sources familiar with the deliberations said.
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