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USA. Controversy over the appointment of Shanahan as defense secretary

Is it likely to increase Boeing's weight at the Pentagon?

Patrick Shanahan was appointed yesterday as the new US Secretary of Defense to replace -if the Senate will confirm the decision- the resigning James Mattis. What made this nomination of President Donald Trump so special is that Shanahan is a former Boeing executive, and this has raised more eyebrows to US observers and analysts worried -as reported by "Foreign Policy"-by the fact that this could cause...

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Shortly before a cabinet meeting yesterday, US President Donald Trump returned to speak with the press about the resignation of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who left his post before his "retirement"... more

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