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The space command set up that mr. trump wants. so heres the interesting thing. patrick shanahan has never had to tell the president no because its all the issues that hes dealing with are the ones that mr. trump likes. now, as acting secretary of defense, dealing with nato, russia, china, iran, north korea, isis, al qaeda. he may be forced for the first time to confront mr. trumps instincts on national security. jim. >> that tends to threaten ones job security in our experience. barbara starr at...

Trying to bring order to a chaotic administration. the president clearly taking his departure personally. >> boris, thank you so much, really appreciate it. for more on the early departure of the defense secretary, cnns barbara starr. what do we know about patrick shanahan? >> reporter: hes been fulfilling the traditional role of the number two at the defense department, working on the organization of the pentagon, budget, funding, acquisition, innovation, getting that space command set up that ...

Before he game number two here, he was a long time executive at boeing, a major defense contractor. mr. shanahan having several positions over his 30-year career with a commercial airplane side of the business, the airplanes we travel on and defense and military programs at one point being senior vice president in charge of supply chain and operations. since he came to the pentagon, he has been the inside man, working on budgeting and spending and acquisition reform and innovation. getting that ...

He has the typical portfolio of handling bureaucratic matters, if you will, not foreign policy. the budget, acquisition reform, innovation, getting a new space command set up that the president wants. working on foreign military sales. these are the issues that are close to mr. trumps heart. he hasnt had to tell the president no, but now he will move into the foreign policy arena, at least as acting secretary dealing with americas alloys and nato and adversaries as well as overseeing the withdra...

As investors await the announcement. donald trump sticking to another promise, advancing our nations interests in space, the white house ordering the defense department to create a new us space command aimed at consolidating military space operations and defend american assets. >> a new era of american leadership in space has begun. it will develop the space doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures that will enable war fighters to defend the nation in this new era. shannon: there working to ...

Jillian: donald trump advancing the nations military interests in space. >> my new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war fighting domain just like the land, air and sea. >> reporter: he is expected to sign an executive order creating a us space command this week. this will help military services coordinate space operations. the next step in the process could be to create a new formal branch of the military called the space force. today we will see not one but three rockets b...

Coworker in the senate, arizona republican governor doug ducey has named the g.o.p. congresswoman martha mcsally to replace john kyle in the senate seat that belonged to the late john mccain. she will take over after his resignation becomes effective december 31st. she lost the election for the other senate seat. up next president trump launches the new space command, will tell you what that means. heres what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. box 32 in chicago w...

Defend u.s. assets in space. satellites the u.s. relies on for navigation, communication, and surveillance. the new command is expected to cost at least $800 million over the next five years. >> as you well know, space is a war fighting domain. china has tested missiles designed to destroy satellites, china and russia are looking to station new weapons in space. >> the space command is a step towards his space force which at first the pentagon resisted. >> president trump: at my direction, the p...

Separate space force, its not necessary. >> the u.s. military had a space command from 1985 through 2002 but it was disbanded after 9/11 so northern command could be set up to defend the homeland. >> bret: thank you. russian president vladimir putin says he has weapons so sophisticated and no one else in the world can match them or defend against them. as part of a continuing fallout from a u.s. threat to withdraw from a major weapons treaty, the cause of alleged russian cheating. amy kellogg ta...

What is striking as it relateses to mike flynn is that the presidents tweet this morning, and forgive me, because the president tweeted again and are retweeted mike pence talking about the so-called space force and space command and that is perhaps on what is on the presidents or the social medias mind as we are watching this go down inside of that courthouse going down in washington. this is what is striking with michael flynn, and something we talked about. the president is wishing good luck t...