The Pentagon’s watchdog investigation into the decision to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado is expected to support efforts to relocate it to Alabama, according to House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers.
The review is anticipated to justify moving the command to Alabama, and if not, Rogers suggests that Trump will enforce the decision in his second term.
The dispute over the command’s location involves competing basing criteria and concerns about national security, taxpayer dollars, and civilian employee relocation. (Trending: Democrat Targets U.S. Troops With New Gun Control Law)
Rep. Rogers said, “We’ve got two paths, both of which are good.”
“One, the IG — inspector general — can come back and say what we know they’re gonna say, which justifies us going forward with building in Huntsville [Alabama]. And if that [does] not happen, Trump’s gonna be there. He’s going to enforce what the secretary of the Air Force said under his administration and the secretary of the Air Force said under Biden’s administration. That is, Huntsville won the competition … and that’s where it should be and that’s where he’s going to build it,” explained the lawmaker.
Rep. Doug Lamborn said, “The country has to move on, because space is a contested domain and threats are getting worse.”
“So we have to get down to business,” he continued.
Sen. Katie Britt claimed Biden is “putting his political preferences over our military modernization, readiness and national security.”
Alabama representatives have pushed to pause spending on a permanent headquarters in Colorado Springs until independent reviews are completed.
The legislation to bring the command to Huntsville remains unclear, but Alabama’s delegation holds significant power in Congress.
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