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White House Seeks Alternatives to Independent Space Force
For months, Pentagon officials have been rushing to prepare plans for an
independent Space Force, a sixth branch of the military ordered up by President
Trump. But since Oct. 26, they have been marching to new White House orders: go
One of the four new options is an old one, defense officials said: a space corps
that would be part of the Air Force, the way the Marine Corps is part of the
Department of the Navy. The proposed structure is similar to a bipartisan
proposal that passed in the House but failed in the Senate last year.
Why the second thoughts? The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
suggested that some in the Trump administration fear that the proposed
independent Space Force might not make it through Congress.
A former senior defense official said Pentagon officials would be more
room.
The four options, according to one of the officials, include:
1) an Air Force-owned space corps that includes only Air Force assets,
2) an Air Force-owned space corps that also takes space-related troops and
assets from the Army and Navy,
3) an independent service that takes from the Air Force, Army, and Navy, and
4) an independent service that takes from the three services plus parts of the
intelligence community.
scheduled to meet Thursday. The two are to discuss the options.
email.
A White House spokeswoman declined to comment.
No matter which option is chosen, the new organization is likely to be called
secretary, and Earl Matthews, who directs defense policy and strategy at the
National Security Council, and it asks the Pentagon for alternate
recommendations.
distinct branch of the Armed Forces for Space, [we] request that the Department
of Defense provide analysis and recommendations to the President on the optimal
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