Members of Alabama's congressional delegation are unhappy with Biden administration's decision to keep Space Command in Colorado instead of moving it to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., the site that the military's site selection process favored.
Aug. 03, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Colorado Springs was fifth in those rankings. But the president reportedly decided to keep the headquarters where it is to speed its arrival at full operational readiness to defend American space assets against potential enemies. Alabama lawmakers see a different story. Strong said the Defense Department “displayed an alarming lack of commitment to the Air Force’s Strategic Basing process and the strategic interests of the United States, as proven by their contradictory statements and refusal to comply with committee requests for information and interviews regarding the headquarters selection.”
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