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On the recordJuly 23, 2025
I have deep concerns about Mr. Lohmeier's fitness to represent these men and women. While I appreciate his past military service, his record of troubling conduct in uniform, extreme partisanship, and animosity toward military members with whom he disagrees politically is, in my view, completely disqualifying to be Under Secretary. His record of alarming behavior and statements is well-documented. In 2021, while serving as an Active-Duty Space Force officer in command of a large formation, he self-published a book titled: "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military." The book argued that Marxism is rampant within the ranks and leading to the collapse of our military and our society. As he wrote: To be perfectly clear, the path we are on as a country leads us to fratricidal and genocidal warfare.…
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Addressing concerns over the nomination of Mr. Matthew Lohmeier as Under Secretary of the Air Force.

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