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more at
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/17/space-force-military-air-force-825757
A bipartisan group that includes generals and lawmakers fears that carving the
new branch out of the Air Force would siphon resources from other programs and
weaken the military.
Republican Reps. Steve Knight of California and Mike Coffman of Colorado would
appear the ideal champions of a new military branch focused on space.
Three of Knight's top five donors are aerospace giants Northrop Grumman,
Lockheed Martin and Honeywell, which would be well-positioned to help build and
outfit it. And Coffman's district is an epicenter of the military's current
space operations.
Instead, the pair is leading the rebellion to President Donald Trump's Space
Force.
would siphon resources from other defense programs, strip them of authority or
even weaken the military. They include lawmakers who serve on committees with
the House Armed Services panel.
They pose a potentially fatal danger to the president's proposal, which needs
Congress to overcome a host of financial and logistical obstacles to carry out
what would be the most sweeping U.S. military reorganization since the creation
of the Air Force out of the Army Air Forces in 1947. Already, some leading
players are predicting Trump will not get everything he wants.
"I think it's a really bad idea," Coffman, whose district includes Buckley Air
Force Base and the 460th Space Wing, said in an interview. "I have worked to
reduce the size of the Pentagon bureaucracy. And now we have a plan by this
administration to expand that bureaucracy by creating a whole new branch of
increase in capability."
more at
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/17/space-force-military-air-force-825757
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