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Austin Dahmer To Be Assistant Secretary Of Defense · Congress.wiki

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Austin Dahmer To Be Assistant Secretary Of Defense

PN246-5

Austin Dahmer, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Mara Elizabeth Karlin.

1Nominees

3Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Committees

Committee on Armed ServicesSenate

Timeline

Received8 months ago (June 2, 2025)

Authority1 month ago (January 3, 2026)

Last ActionJanuary 3, 2026

Action History

FloorJanuary 3, 2026

Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

CommitteeNovember 4, 2025

Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held.

IntroReferralJune 2, 2025

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN246-5 has 17 parts total.

Assistant Secretary Of Defense (DoD)CONFIRMED Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans AffairsCONFIRMED Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Food SafetyCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the TreasuryCONFIRMED Deputy United States Trade RepresentativeCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of AgricultureWITHDRAWN Governor, United States Postal ServiceRETURNED Under Secretary of the TreasuryCONFIRMED Medical Director, Public Health ServiceRETURNED Inspector General, Department of DefenseCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of DefenseCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of The TreasuryCONFIRMED Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural DevelopmentRETURNED Federal Energy Regulatory Commission MemberCONFIRMED Deputy Under Secretary Of DefenseWITHDRAWN Department Of Transportation General CounselCONFIRMED

Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Hearings to examine the nominations of Austin Dahmer, of Arizona, and Robert Kadlec, of New York, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael Borders, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.

Committee on Armed ServicesDirksen Senate Office Building, G50Nov 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Austin Dahmer

Assistant Secretary of Defense · Department of Defense

Arizona