Shanahan to Become Acting US Defence Secretary After Mattis Resignation - Trump
20:20 23.12.2018(updated 20:42 23.12.2018)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday that US Deputy Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan will become acting Secretary of Defence starting from 1 January 2019.
"I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defence, Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting January 1, 2019. Patrick has a long list of accomplishments while serving as Deputy, & previously Boeing. He will be great!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
The US president also noted he had had a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the crucial issues, concerning the military withdrawal from Syria.
The statement comes after earlier this month General James Mattis wrote a resignation letter, stating that Trump has a right to have a Secretary of Defence "whose views are better aligned" with those of the US president.
The move followed Trump's decision to pull out all 2,000 troops from Syria starting immediately after he declared victory over the Daesh* terror group.
* Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/IS/Islamic State) is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia
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