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3 posts published by lobotero on February 5, 2021

I have written many times about my reservations over our newest military branch, the Space Force.......https://lobotero.com/2019/01/11/space-force-2019/ My personal opinion is that it violates the space law set forth in 1967 in the Outer Space Treaty........ https://lobotero.com/2019/04/12/space-law/ https://lobotero.com/2019/07/16/space-law-part-2/ I also asked the question...does the US need a Space Force? https://lobotero.com/2019/12/24/does-america-need-a-space-force/ The Space Force was ins...

Air Commodore Paul Godfrey to lead UK’s new Space Command By Elaine Knutt on 05/02/2021 Air Commodore Paul Godfrey OBE will lead the UKs new Space command. Credit: the RAF Air Commodore Paul Godfrey OBE from the Royal Air Force (RAF) will become the first leader of the UK’s new Space Command. The new organisation – due to be formed later this year amid international competition to assert interests in space – was originally announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in November 2020. Spac...

Nuclear war is “a very real possibility.” That makes the proposed move of Space Command a very dangerous idea. Without time to waste, President Joe Biden should quash this order immediately. If concern about nuclear conflict sounds overly dramatic in this post-Cold War era, hear Adm. Charles Richard. He heads U.S. Strategic Command, the agency responsible for the Defense Department’s Global Information Grid. Richard has the responsibility of warning the world about potential nuclear confl...

Politics should not determine location for US Space Command Former Sen. Ben Nelson February 5 Former President Donald Trump announced in August 2019 the creation of U.S. Space Command, watching with former Vice President Mike Pence and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the commands flag is unfurled in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) Space is the next frontier and the most critical domain for near-peer competition with Russia and China. As a former member of...

AP sources: Alabama senator has indicated he wont run again Kim Chandler Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved FILE-In this Jan. 29, 2005, file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks during the panel "A Reality Check on the US Economy" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Shelby, the Senates fourth most senior member, has told confidantes that he does not intend to run for reelection next year _ prompting some Republicans to urge the power...

AP sources: Alabama senator Richard Shelby has indicated he won’t run again Updated Feb 05, 2021; Posted Feb 05, 2021 In this image from video, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks on the Senate floor about the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. The Senate will vote on the Articles of Impeachment on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 5. (Senate Television via AP)AP Facebook Share By Kim Chandler, Associated Press U.S. Sen. Rich...

A titan of Alabama politics, the 86-year-old politician has spent 42 years in Washington, serving first in the House and the Senate. His stepping down would leave a power void for the region. It would also set off a free-for-all primary in a national party deeply divided between traditional Republicans like Shelby and those who model themselves on former President Donald Trump. Shelby was elected to the Senate in 1986 as a conservative Democrat during the party’s waning days of power in the D...

Lamborn pushes for transparency in Space Command decision United States House of Representatives Official portrait of Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs. and last updated 2021-02-23 13:33:15-05 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Congressman Doug Lamborn asked a government watchdog for greater transparency about the decision by the Air Force to name Redstone Arsenal in Alabama as the permanent home of US Space Command. The Colorado Springs Republican sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accoun...

HASC’s new lead Republican on making Space Force permanent and budget fights to come February 4 Rep. Mike Rogers questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON ― The House Armed Services Committee organized Wednesday with Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., replacing retired Rep. Mac Thornberry as the panel’s ranking member. The day before a wide-ranging interview with Defense News,...