WASHINGTON - Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to head the US military, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday , making Shanahan the latest of dozens of senior figures to leave the high-turnover Trump administration.
— Donald J. Trump June 18, 2019 2019 Sarah Sanders: White House spokeswoman Sanders will leave her job at month's end for a possible political future in her home state of Arkansas, Trump said on June 13. Linda McMahon: The Republican fundraiser was one of Trump's first Cabinet picks. She served as director of the Small Business Administration until March, when she resigned to join Trump's re-election campaign. Trump nominated US Treasurer Jovita Carranza to the position in April.
2018 Jim Mattis: In a candid resignation letter that laid bare his growing divide with Trump over Syria and Afghanistan policies, the defence secretary abruptly quit, shocking allies and Congress. Shanahan, a former Boeing executive and Mattis's deputy, took over in an acting capacity. Nikki Haley: The former South Carolina governor stepped down at the end of 2018 as US ambassador to the United Nations.
Rex Tillerson: The secretary of state was fired by Trump in March after long-standing tension between them. 2017 Omarosa Manigault Newman: The former reality TV star was fired as assistant to the president in December.
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