White House won't say if Patrick Shanahan will be nominated for Defense secretary — but Trump 'likes him'
WASHINGTON — The White House declined to comment Monday on whether acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan would be tapped later this week by President Donald Trump to take the top spot at the Pentagon.
"I can tell you that the president has a great deal of respect for acting Defense Secretary Shanahan, he likes him, and when the president is ready to make an announcement on that front, he certainly will," Sanders said. In his resignation letter, Mattis said that disagreements with the president about America's treatment of both allies and strategic competitors came from beliefs that"are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues."
In contrast, Shanahan comes to the role with no experience either in the military or in foreign policy, except for his work in the Trump administration. What views he does have on America's role in the world have been shaped by his decades in the private sector.
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