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McCain Airs Concerns About Shanahan; Wants Better Answers Before Supporting Nomination

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McCain Airs Concerns About Shanahan; Wants Better Answers Before Supporting Nomination
Pat Shanahan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be deputy secretary of defense. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) put the Trump administration’s nominee for deputy defense secretary on notice that he won’t automatically approve the nomination until he receives more forthright answers to the committee’s questions, including whether the United States should be arming the Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons.McCain also told Patrick Shanahan, a former top Boeing [BA] executive, that he’s “not overjoyed” that the nominee came from one of the top five defense companies that receive “90…

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