( Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a new statement from acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's spokesman .) The Defense Department's inspector general says it will investigate allegations brought by a Washington watchdog group that acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan violated ethics rules and improperly favored Boeing, his former employer, in the awarding of defense contracts. “The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has decided to investigate complaints we recently received that Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan...
