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“It has to do with what is the right place to put the headquarters for Space Command for the U.S. government. Period," said Secretary Frank Kendall.

Several members of the House of Representatives stated their views this week on why U.S. Space Command should be located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Republican and Democratic members of the Alabama House of Representatives have joined on a video opposing reports the White House wants to stop the U.S. Space Command headquarters from moving to Alabama.

The state's online sale tax is making a ton of money for Alabama with $634 million in new revenue being collected in 2022

U.S. Space Command, the military's newest unified combatant command, remains in a kind of limbo more than two years after then-President Donald Trump signed off on Huntsville, Alabama, to be its permanent home.

"And make no mistake, distinguishing friendly from unfriendly behavior and space has become particularly important to us," NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth told the GEOINT 2023 conference today.

 

Sen. Tommy Tuberville was referring to a report the administration is delaying the decision to keep Space Force headquarters in Colorado so as not to "aggravate" him.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday that state laws or political squabbles about abortion will have no impact on the decision about where Space Command headquarters will be located.

The Alabama senator is holding up confirmations over the Defense Department's abortion travel policy