NEW: Pentagon watchdog clears acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing over ties to Boeing.
The Pentagon's watchdog agency has cleared Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in connection with allegations that he had used his official position to favor his former employer, Boeing Co., a U.S. official said Thursday.
After Mattis quit in protest of Trump's policies, the president did not rush to send Shanahan's nomination to Capitol Hill, seemingly content with letting him and a number of other administration officials languish as temporary appointments.Although Trump has publicly praised Shanahan's job performance, the former Boeing executive's situation became more precarious last month, when a watchdog group filed an ethics complaint with the inspector general.
At the time, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that scrutiny of Shanahan's Boeing ties is necessary."In fact, it's overdue. Boeing is a behemoth 800-pound gorilla — raising possible questions of undue influence at DOD, FAA and elsewhere," Blumenthal said. One example raised by the complaint is the Pentagon's decision to request funding for Boeing's F-15EX fighter jets in the 2020 proposed budget. The Pentagon is requesting about $1 billion to buy eight of the aircraft.
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