President Trump speaks with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg during a tour of the company in St. Louis last year. President Trump seemed to get off to a bumpy start with the company, criticizing Boeing’s Air Force One contract before entering office. In December, Trump tapped a former Boeing executive, Patrick M. Shanahan, as acting defense secretary after the resignation of Jim Mattis. “FOD, or foreign object debris, is something we treat very seriously in the Air Force. Druyun pleaded guilty to the charges and acknowledged providing special treatment to Boeing.

Source: Washington Post March 16, 2019 22:18 UTC