The U.S. Senate confirmed a Defense Department official who will be tasked with overseeing the logistics of the sprawling, multifaceted effort to deliver military equipment to Ukraine.

The American military publication DefenseNews reports about this.

Senators voted 94-1 to confirm Christopher Lowman as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment.

Lowman most recently served as Acting Undersecretary of the Army until February, and President Joe Biden nominated him as the Assistant Secretary for Sustainment in November.

The Assistant Secretary for Sustainment oversees U.S. military logistics and material readiness, and also reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, who is currently Bill LaPlante.

Senator Josh Hawley was the lone senator to vote against Lowman.

He was also one of 10 other Republican senators to cast a procedural vote on May 16 against advancing a $40 billion supplemental funding package to provide additional military and economic aid to Ukraine.

Christopher Lowman

Lowman is an American military official born in Hanau, Germany. He served as acting United States Under Secretary of the Army from 2021 to 2022.

He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1984 before joining the Army as a civilian in 1989.

From 2003 to 2006, Lowman served as Chief of the United States Army Sustainment Operations Division.

He also served as a Director of Operational Sustainment for the Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan. Lowman has served in various civilian roles in the United States Army, including Deputy Director of Logistics Operations and Readiness, Director of Maintenance Policy and Programs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, and Acting Under Secretary.

Previously, Pentagon leaders have set up a high-level team to cut through its notoriously unwieldy bureaucracy and provide assistance to Ukraine more quickly.