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Derrick Anderson, Assistant Secretary Of Defense (Department Of Defense) · Congress.wiki

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Derrick Anderson, Assistant Secretary Of Defense (Department Of Defense)

PN246-1

Derrick Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Christopher Paul Maier, resigned.

Received: June 2, 2025; June 2, 2025
Authority: December 19, 2025; December 19, 2025
Last Action: December 18, 2025; December 18, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

53

Yea

47

Nay

0

Present

0

Not Voting

Voted on December 17, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

December 19, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (53-43)

On the Nomination

December 17, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 12/18/2025.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 653.

Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 1 meeting

Committees

1 total

Committee on Armed ServicesSenate

Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Hearings to examine the nominations of Platte Moring, of South Carolina, to be Inspector General, Kirsten Davies, of Tennessee, to be Chief Information Officer, James Mazol, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Derrick Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.

Committee on Armed ServicesDirksen Senate Office Building, G50Sep 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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Derrick Anderson

Assistant Secretary of Defense · Department of Defense

Virginia