Fox News: Shanahan Withdraws as Defense Secretary Nominee

EXCERPT:

GRIFFIN: “It was clear that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan had hit a bit of a rough patch. There was a report during the D-Day events that the president was seeking alternatives, and it was clear that his confirmation had stalled because the actual request for a confirmation hearing and his actual orders had not ever been sent up to the Hill. Then there was, just moments ago, a 'USA Today' article that broke news that the FBI was still investigating allegations of domestic abuse that came out of a very contentious divorce proceeding involving Shanahan. And so I think it’s no surprise that the president decided that this was going to be a difficult confirmation hearing, and remember, the inspector general had to look into Shanahan’s involvement with Boeing and whether he had used his former position at Boeing once here at Pentagon. He was cleared of that by the IG but this has been a troubled nomination, really, from the beginning and it was clear that the president was losing confidence in the nomination.”