The Pentagon has a leadership vacuum at the top as tensions with Iran rise

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics · Jun 21, 2019 · 13m

The departure of acting Defense Department Secretary Patrick Shanahan raises questions about who is advising President Donald Trump, who pulled back a planned military strike on Iran this week, says CQ defense reporter Andrew Clevenger. And Chris Lu, who served as Barack Obama's liaison to his Cabinet, says Trump's apparent preference for churn among his agency heads gives him more power to direct policy on his own.

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