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Already exists. how does it exist? the air force has whats called space command within it, theres about 30,000 people that work on that. is it possible what they are considering is dividing them off and creating their own branch so there isnt redundancy? >> we used to have something called a space command and in 2002 it was put back into the air force because it wasnt working like it did was expected to. now were talking about something much larger and more expensive, an independent capability o...

Unified combatant command for space. the united states space command and a space development agency to acquire the latest cutting edge war-fighting capabilities and technologies. finally he wants to create a new political appointee, assistant secretary of defense for space. so all of that is going to mean major changes and major reorganization nation for the u.s. military and the creation of a new space force or corp has been opposed by people in the pentagon. secretary mattis opposed its creati...

The wave of the future. certainly defense secretary james mattis expressed support for a space command earlier this week. a year ago he was against it saying its up to congress to make a call on this. both chambers passed about $700 million in defense spending. none was allocated for space force. the vice president will detail this coming up next hour. youll see it live here on fox. >> sandra: president trumps legal team has formally responded to robert muellers proposal for a sit-down interview...

Of the military force? >> thats right. its a joint approach and it is all about how do we do a strategy for actually conducting the military operation. i would note that the presidents report today did call for the stand-up of a new space command, which would focus on war fighting. i happen to agree with that, an that would be a relatively easy situation because space is currently controlled by stratcom. so stratcom would do nuclear, space command would do space. >> and that would be like centco...

Pentagon is preparing for the in you space force, preparing three of the four components that are actually needed. first and foremost creating a new combatant command. thats the structure that carries out the mission in an area of assigned responsibility. its either a geographic location, say, the u.s. africa command in a debrgeographical a. the pentagon also plans to reorganize the existing air force space command which is currently a lead agency on space. though, each of the military departmen...

States armed forces called the space force. very important. >> okay. but those directions to the pentagon, heres what the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said wednesday. >> were told that the white house is now twice rejected drafts because of the defense department doesnt want a space force, rather create a space command under the existing military structure. in view of this, how is it the president going to force the creation of a space force? >> were continuing to work with...

Mccabe. i dont think we have to go into it every time were here. >> if it is corrupt, why hasnt the president -- why doesnt he follow through on it? >> the president has allowed this process to play out. but he thinks its time for it to come to an end. sere? >> thank you, sarah. im wondering if you can clarify this tweet from this morning. is it the presidents desire for, first, sessions to unrecuse himself from the probe and is it also his desire for the special counsel to be fired? >> i think ...

The powers he has to end it, why doesnt he follow through? >> secretary sanders: the president has allowed this process to play out but he think its time for it to come to an end. >> reporter: im wondering if you can clarify this tweet from this morning, is it the presidents desire for sessions to unrecuse himself and is it his desire for the special counsel to be fired? >> secretary sanders: it is the presidents opinion, i dont have anything further. >> reporter: last night at the tampa rally, ...

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What is the threat in space? this might come as a surprise to a lot of people. what is the threat that a combat-ready space force could tackle? >> well, i think that already exists under space command in the air force where, of course, they are operating military satellites, reconnaissance satellites and presumably assets that could shoot down enemy satellites so all of that stuff is already in place. by making this new space corps, you know, i dont know what they have in mind. these congressmen...