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Significant Changes to U.S. Space Force Would Need Congressional Buy-In

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

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Significant Changes to U.S. Space Force Would Need Congressional Buy-In

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The U.S. Space Force looks to survive in the incoming Biden administration, even as some defense analysts have said that it will lead to costly new programs and a new bureaucracy and have suggested that space programs should revert to Air Force control. Last December, the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act established the Space Force, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have supported the sixth military service. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond recently defended the…

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