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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Patrick Shanahan yet to discuss Space Force funding with top Democrat

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Soldiers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fire single-use AT-4 rockets during a live fire training exercise on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2017. The training was in preparation for a coming deployment to Afghanistan. (Shane Dunlap /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

‘Deploy or get out’ policy sent 21K troops packing: ‘War is unforgiving’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Shanahan staunchly defends bigger Pentagon budget in Capitol Hill hearing debut

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Patrick Shanahan missed deadline on list of cuts to fund border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pentagon chief Shanahan makes pitch for Space Force

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Acting defense secretary Shanahan backs investigation into former employer Boeing over 737 MAX 8s

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senators sharply question Pentagon on budget ‘slush fund’

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ethics group lodges complaint against Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington, with from left, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan. William Barr’s confirmation as President Donald Trump’s second attorney general cut the roster of “acting” Cabinet secretaries and White House officials by one, but some say too many “actings” are still on the job, most visibly at the Defense Department. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump likes ‘actings,’ experts say permanent staff is better

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2019, photo, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan to consult with Army Gen. Scott Miller, right, commander of U.S. and coalition forces, and senior Afghan government leaders. Shanahan, the former Boeing executive, was in a familiar place, aboard an airplane, when he got word of a bolt-from-the-blue political shot across his bow. A key senator seemed to have buried Shanahan’s chances of being nominated as the next secretary of defense. The crisis passed, but it highlighted the precarious position Shanahan occupies as he waits for President Donald Trump to decide who he will successor to Jim Mattis as leader of the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

The precarious perch of a potential Pentagon chief

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, center, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, tour the US-Mexico border at Santa Teresa Station in Sunland Park, N.M., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Top defense officials toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block drug smuggling and other illegal activity, as the Pentagon weighs diverting billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Patrick Shanahan, acting defense secretary, floats ‘wholesale redesign’ of U.S. border security

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, center, fires a modified painted ball gun during a tour of the US-Mexico border at Santa Teresa Station in Sunland Park, N.M., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Top defense officials toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block drug smuggling and other illegal activity, as the Pentagon weighs diverting billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Defense officials tour sections of border wall

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford gestures while speaking to reporters during a briefing on a military aircraft before arrival at El Paso International airport, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Dunford is traveling with Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and they are planning to pay a visit to Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Pentagon chief: Broader approach to border security needed

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to the media at a meeting of ministers of Defense during the International Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP) ** FILE **

Patrick Shanahan, Lindsey Graham in heated exchange over Trump Syria withdrawal

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan talks to journalists during a press conference at the second day of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. NATO defense ministers are discussing the future of the alliance's operation in Afghanistan and how best to use its military presence to support political talks aimed at ending the conflict. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Patrick Shanahan: U.S. will not unilaterally pull troops from Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, talks to NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for the media during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Patrick Shanahan tries to smooth ruffled feathers in Iraq over Donald Trump’s troop remarks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, second from right, answers a question from the media during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Patrick Shanahan unlikely to get permanent defense secretary position

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan greets an Afghan commando at Camp Commando, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. The unannounced visit is the first for the acting secretary of defense, Pat Shanahan. He previously was the No. 2 official under Jim Mattis, who resigned as defense chief in December. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Patrick Shanahan, acting defense chief, makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Adam Smith, House Armed Services chairman, fumes over Pentagon border testimony

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reviews the troops during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon. Outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is quoting President Abraham Lincoln in a farewell message to defense employees, urging them to stay focused on their mission. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Leaving Pentagon, Mattis urges workers to ‘keep faith’ in US

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press