The Trump administration’s saber-rattling at Iran has skeptics of military action concerned about the inexperience of acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan
— and whether he can stand up to long-time hawks like John Bolton.
"Shanahan, in that group, is the weakest link,” said a recently departed senior Pentagon official, speaking anonymously “Shanahan is certainly outmatched by Bolton and Pompeo,” said Goldenberg, who is now at the Center for a New American Security. “He has neither the bureaucratic experience or political leverage to fight with them."
The report of a new military option has set off fresh concerns about a possible march to war as a time when the Pentagon has an untested leader who may have far more difficulty than Mattis did in shaping Trump's decisions. Trump hasn’t yet nominated Shanahan to be permanent secretary, although the White HouseShanahan has led the Pentagon since January — the longest stretch ever for an acting defense secretary. Before that, the Senate confirmed him in 2017 as deputy secretary under Mattis.
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