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Happy Birthday, Space Force: Trump Signs FY ’20 NDAA, Brings New Branch to Life

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Happy Birthday, Space Force: Trump Signs FY ’20 NDAA, Brings New Branch to Life
President Donald J. Trump hosts a White House ceremony on the establishment of the U.S. Space Command, with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, and the incoming commander of U.S. Space Command, Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond, Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

President Trump signed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 20, officially standing up the Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces under the Air Force. “America’s superiority in space is absolutely vital and we’re leading, but we’re not leading by enough," Trump said Friday evening at a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. "But very shortly, we’ll be leading by a lot.” The president lauded Congress' passage of the $738 billion defense…

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