Trump Picks Boeing Executive Shanahan to Become Pentagon’s No.2

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Trump Picks Boeing Executive Shanahan to Become Pentagon’s No.2
Boeing's Pat Shanahan speaks to thousands of employees and guests, as a curtain is raised to unveil the 747-8 jumbo passenger at the company's Everett, Washington commercial airplane manufacturing facility, Feb. 13, 2011. (REUTERS/Anthony Bolante)
Reuters
3/16/2017
Updated:
3/16/2017

WASHINGTON—Senior Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan is U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to take over the No. 2 role at the Pentagon as deputy U.S. defense secretary, the White House announced on Thursday.

The White House also announced plans to nominate:

  • David Norquist to become Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller. Norquist is a partner with Kearney and Company, a Certified Public Accounting firm.

  • David Joel Trachtenberg to become Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Policy. Trachtenberg is president and CEO of Shortwaver Consulting, LLC, a national security consultancy.

  • Kenneth Rapuano to become Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense and Global Security. Rapuano is senior vice president and director of the studies and analysis group at the ANSER Corporation.