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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?
![The US Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan](https://www.avionews.it/resources/big/4df915f6139aa05845c6f4648d261287.jpg.webp)
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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