Author: Tom Roeder
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Lawmakers lean on Air Force boss to stop U.S. Space Command move
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Colorado lawmakers led by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet launched a letter to new Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Thursday urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs while investigating political influences that prompted the Trump administration to order its move to Alabama. The letter, also signed by Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep.…
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Analysis: Let Space Force have its Star Trek uniforms | Tom Roeder
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I’ll confess to a giggle when I saw the Space Force’s proposed dress uniform. With a diagonal row of platinum buttons and a Nehru collar on the jacket that covers a conventional Air Force shirt and tie, it just seems a bit like a second-hand coat rejected by the producers of a Star Wars movie.…
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Space Force abolished? House bill would do just that
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A group of House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday to abolish the nation’s newest armed service, eliminating the Space Force and giving the Air Force its responsibilities. Backed by five members of the House Progressive Caucus, which is composed of Democrats on the party’s left wing, the “No Militarization of Space Act” was introduced as…
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Space Force boss not consulted amid furor over Space Command move
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When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…
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Bipartisan group of senators questions pulling Space Command from Colorado Springs
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Colorado’s U.S. senators were joined by colleagues from New Mexico, Nebraska and California in a letter to Pentagon investigators that questions the Trump administration’s decision to uproot U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. The letter to Defense Department Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell questions whether the process was through and fair. A top question for…
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Raymond building culture of urgency into new Space Force
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Gen. Jay Raymond has talked about it for years and now he’s emblazoning as the one-word mantra for the 10-month old Space Force he leads. Speed. As Chief Space Officer, Raymond is building speed into the very culture of the new service and ensuring its new recruits get the message in basic training. America will…
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Space Force welcomes new command in Colorado Springs
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If you just add a ‘k’ at the end of its acronym, you’ll see that America’s newest military command is witty. And leaders say Space Operations Command, or “SPOC,” pronounced like the pointy-eared Star Trek science officer, is also deadly if needed. The command, which was formally established Wednesday in Colorado Springs, will oversee Space…
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Aurora puts in bid to be US Space Command headquarters
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The biggest competitor Colorado Springs faces in its bid to keep U.S. Space Command in town might be just an hour’s drive north. Buckley Air Force Base, the last bastion of a vast military complex that kept the Denver-area economy humming through the Cold War, has many of the same characteristics the Pentagon finds at…
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Republicans Bolton, Rice offer differing views of Trump’s policies in Aspen forum
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Two Republican national security experts offered differing views of President Donald Trump during last week’s Aspen Security Forum, which ran through Thursday. The summer forum usually draws ambassadors, CEOs and top academics to Aspen by the hundreds for a week to talks on the state of the U.S. and the planet. This year, the forum…
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Coronavirus has politicians struggling as campaigns stumble out of gate
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Doug Lamborn couldn’t have been happier. Ramming around the county in his well-worn Saturn SUV, the seven-term Republican congressman was back on the road last week and pressing the flesh after three months in isolation. “I couldn’t wait to get back out,” Lamborn said, while touring the Pikes Peak National Cemetery he helped create east…
