Shanahan heads to Texas as Pentagon eyes longer-term support on…

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will make his second trip to the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday as the Pentagon looks to develop a longer-term plan to support President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Two days after the White House announced Trump’s intention to nominate the former Boeing Co executive to be defense secretary, Shanahan is slated to travel to McAllen, Texas, to meet with officials on the border and visit a migrant processing facility and Border Patrol station. He will travel with another…

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