Shanahan poised to rewire the Pentagon with Mattis out
By: Aaron Mehta   21 hours ago
WASHINGTON — With the shock waves of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' announcement Thursday that he will be leaving the Pentagon, speculation is well underway as to who will replace him.
And should a new secretary of defense not be named and confirmed by the end of February — hardly a given, based on the Trump administration’s history of getting nominees through the Senate — a little known figure outside of national security and aviation circles could suddenly find himself elevated to the head of the Department of Defense.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/12/21/with-mattis-out-is-shanahan-poised-to-rewire-the-pentagon/
