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Senate GOP Spread Puts Lohmeier Over the Top

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 24th, 2025

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Senate GOP Spread Puts Lohmeier Over the Top

Pictured is Matthew Lohmeier during his confirmation hearing to become Undersecretary of the Air Force (U.S. Senate Photo)

On a 52 to 46 party line vote on Thursday, the GOP-controlled Senate confirmed Matthew Lohmeier as the 29th Undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force--the service's number two civilian. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) did not vote. In written answers to Senate Armed Services Committee questions before his nomination hearing on May 1, he said that nuclear modernization, including the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM, and space resilience would be the top Department of the…

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