Shanahan’s Father, Michael, Earned a Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam. Patrick Shanahan credits his father, Michael Shanahan, for teaching him the value of public service. He spoke about his family in his opening statement during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in June 2017, when he was under consideration to be the Deputy Defense Secretary.
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The easiest way to increase war fighting skills and effectiveness is to get rid of the left wing social experiments put in by Obama and maintained by Mattis. Clean house of Obama Generals who are insubordinate and dragging their feet, insist on instant obeying orders and ensure the folks at the Pentagon understand Donald Trump is the Commander in Chief, not the courts, not the Congress, not the media.
Yes!! Does this possibly mean he will end all the social experimentation in the armed forces and get them back to their primary mission?
Shanahan’s not a business guy, he’s a government defense contractor. The froth of the swamp. Did he ever serve in uniform?
Shanahan worked in management for Boeing. He also...
* Is a fellow of the British Royal Aeronautical Society.
* Chairperson of the Board of Regents at the University of Washington.
* Regent at the University of Washington.
* Member of the Washington Roundtable.
Boeing somehow anticipated that the Iran agreement would be canceled and signed a deal with Iran for 80 aircraft at over $16 billion.
“The pedigreed engineer, according to his bio, has two advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering, and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.”
“Before Shanahan was confirmed by the Senate in a 92-7 vote, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain said he wasn’t overjoyed”
“Trump and Pence like him.”
“The Hill reported that Shanahan wasn’t close with Mattis”.
“He’s not a policy or geopolitics guy. He’s a business guy,”
“The Hill reported that Shanahan frequently visited Trump and Pence as project leader within the Pentagon of the proposed Space Force military service.”