Overview
- Birdwell has been selected for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, the Pentagon role that oversees military logistics and support.
- The White House transmitted the nomination to the U.S. Senate this week, and the confirmation process could take weeks or months.
- If confirmed, Birdwell would succeed Christopher J. Lowman in the sustainment portfolio.
- Birdwell is a Republican from Granbury who announced he would not seek reelection after serving since 2010 and chairing border security and natural resources committees.
- He served 20 years in the Army and was severely injured at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, later undergoing 39 surgeries and co-founding a ministry for burn survivors.