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Shanahan Confirmed, Sworn In As Pentagon Deputy

Shanahan Confirmed, Sworn In As Pentagon Deputy
Pat Shanahan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of defense. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)

Former Boeing [BA] executive Patrick Shanahan was sworn in as the 33rd deputy secretary of defense during an informal ceremony July 19, a day after the Senate voted, 92-7, to confirm him as the Pentagon’s second-ranking official.Sen. Jack Reid (D-R.I.), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), endorsed Shanahan before the vote, calling him “fully qualified for the job.”Shanahan held a host of high-level management positions in Boeing’s defense and commercial businesses during his 30-year career at the…

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