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...A third possible contender is Patrick Shanahan, head of Boeing’s supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which supplied the door plug that blew out during the Alaska Airlines flight in January....
...On St Patrick’s Day, members of the Kennedy clan posed for a photo with Biden at the White House....
...A third contender is Patrick Shanahan, head of Boeing’s troubled supplier Spirit AeroSystems. Boeing is in talks about a possible acquisition of Spirit, which it spun out in 2005....
...In October, Tom Gentile, Spirit’s chief executive, departed abruptly and was replaced on an interim basis by Patrick Shanahan, a 31-year Boeing veteran who was briefly acting secretary of state for defence...
...The chief executive at key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has stepped down, with board member Patrick Shanahan temporarily stepping into the top job....
...Former chief executive Tom Gentile was replaced as head of Spirit in October by Patrick Shanahan, who worked at Boeing for three decades before his turn as acting US Secretary of Defence....
...The board named Patrick Shanahan, the former acting US secretary of defence who worked for three decades at Boeing, as interim head of the company....
...Additional reporting by Patrick Temple-West eric.platt@ft.com...
...President Donald Trump has announced that the acting US defence secretary Patrick Shanahan was stepping down from the post and withdrawing his nomination as the permanent head of the Pentagon....
...President Donald Trump intends to nominate Patrick Shanahan, the acting US secretary of defence, as the permanent head of the Pentagon, the White House said Thursday....
...Following Mr Mattis’s departure, Patrick Shanahan was named acting defence secretary....
...Patrick Shanahan, US defence secretary, stepped down in June after USA Today reported that the FBI had been looking into allegations of domestic violence within the Shanahan family....
...Patrick Shanahan told his Turkish counterpart, defence minister Hulusi Akar, in a letter dated June 6 that the US will halt Turkish purchases of the F-35, a stealth fighter jet built by Lockheed Martin,...
...Patrick Shanahan, the acting US defence secretary, on Tuesday attempted to ease concerns about possible military conflict with Iran by stressing that the Trump administration was not seeking war....
...Hulusi Akar, Turkey’s defence minister, used a telephone call with his American counterpart, Patrick Shanahan, to protest at a deadline imposed by the acting US defence secretary in a letter last week....
...Earlier this week Patrick Shanahan, the US acting defence secretary, said America’s goal was deterrence, not war....
...Investors are also watching geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran even as acting US defence secretary Patrick Shanahan attempted to ease concerns about possible military conflict with Tehran by saying...
...In recent months, Mr Trump was forced to reverse course on the nominations of Stephen Moore for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors and Patrick Shanahan for defence secretary — in both cases following...
...Patrick Shanahan, acting US defence secretary, said the Pentagon was deploying the forces for “defensive purposes to address air, naval and ground-based threats in the Middle East”....
...Separately on Friday, Mr Trump nominated Mark Esper, the army secretary, to be his new defence secretary following the resignation of Patrick Shanahan as the acting Pentagon chief....
...Patrick Shanahan, acting US defence secretary, has said Washington’s goal is deterrence, not war....
...In Singapore, Patrick Shanahan, acting US secretary of defence, described China — without naming it — as “the greatest long-term threat to the vital interests of states across this region”, arguing that...
...The New York Times reported on Thursday that Mr Trump — in a meeting the previous morning — had told Patrick Shanahan, the acting defence secretary, that he did not want to go to war with Iran The White...
...The New York Times on Thursday said Mr Trump had told Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of defence, that he did not want war with Iran....
...Asked if he was worried that the Chinese might get to the wreckage first, Patrick Shanahan, acting US defence secretary, told reporters last Friday: “No, I’m not, OK?”...
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