Open search page

Congress.wiki Alpha

Color Theme:

About How Congress Works Support Us Roadmap Privacy Policy Terms of Service

This is not an official government website.

Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.

Alexander Velez-Green, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense) · Congress.wiki

civilianRETURNED

Alexander Velez-Green, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense)

PN345-17

Alexander Velez-Green, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Alexandra Baker, resigned.

1Nominees

3Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Committees

Committee on Armed ServicesSenate

Timeline

Received7 months ago (June 16, 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 6, 2025

Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held.

IntroReferralJune 16, 2025

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

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN345-17 has 20 parts total.

Assistant Secretary Of State For Democracy, Human Rights, And LaborCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of Veterans Affairs For Information And TechnologyWITHDRAWN Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans AffairsWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary of State for International OrganizationsRETURNED Commissioner of Reclamation (Department of the Interior)WITHDRAWN Inspector General, Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentWITHDRAWN National Transportation Safety Board MemberRETURNED Assistant Secretary Of AgricultureCONFIRMED Special Counsel, Office of Special CounselWITHDRAWN Special Envoy To Monitor And Combat Anti-SemitismCONFIRMED Governor, United States Postal ServiceWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary of State for Consular AffairsCONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador To PeruCONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador to RomaniaCONFIRMED U.S. Attorney for the District of ColumbiaCONFIRMED Council On Environmental Quality MemberCONFIRMED Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious FreedomRETURNED Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security)CONFIRMED Nuclear Regulatory Commission MemberCONFIRMED

Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Payne, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Alexander Velez-Green, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Timothy Dill, of Ohio, and Maurice Todd, of Florida, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.

Committee on Armed ServicesDirksen Senate Office Building, G50Nov 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM

345-17-119-alexander-velez-green

Alexander Velez-green

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense · Department of Defense

Virginia