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Defense programs, chris. >> we also have the reality of the makeup of congress, as we said. it would need congressional approval. so as a reality check, does this indeed make it more likely that the presidents space force will become a reality? >> yes. you hit an important point there. of course it does need to be approved by congress. we know the senate already took the first step earlier this year. the house armed services committee, they introduced an amendment to whats called ndaa, national ...

Cracking many jokes in my inbox about it more than anything else. but is there any chance congress would support something like this? its a huge, new expensive branch of the military. in theory, theres the national security arguments you lay out, but it seems to me like it will have a tough road. >> i think it will have a tough road. i think it does have some support in the house of representatives. you may recall that they proposed a space corps which had similar properties. not the same, but s...

Been defeated. who is remarkably cool under pressure. are you ready? >> kevin: im ready. lets do it. >> katie: my harshest competition yet. my fiercest competition. >> tucker: you know the rules. hands on the buzzers. i ask the question. the first one to buzz in gets to answer. you have to wait until i finish asking the question to do that. you can answer one i acknowledge by saying your name. each correct answer worth one point. if you get it wrong, you lose a point like the s.a.t. best of five...

Who is remarkably cool under pressure. are you ready? >> kevin: im ready. lets do it. >> katie: my harshest competition yet. my fiercest competition. >> tucker: you know the rules. hands on the buzzers. i ask the question. the first one to buzz in gets to answer. you have to wait until i finish asking the question to do that. you can answer one i acknowledge by saying your name. each correct answer worth one point. if you get it wrong, you lose a point like the s.a.t. best of five wins. ready? >...

Said this is pure silliness but lay out the details of your reporting. >> chris, we looked at a series of national security decisions and announcements president trump made over several months and one thing we found in common was it seemed to lack secretary mattis perspective on many of these and its not just that hes necessarily kept out of the loop own these decisions. it is that president trump is making a decision that is really contrary to things that secretary mattis has said both publicly...

Involved in the decision making process. one you mentioned in the lead-in, space corps. a sixth branch of the military, that came up in 2017. in the fall secretary mattis sent a letter to senator john mccain saying how he didnt think it was a good idea to create another branch of service dedicated to space, it just created more bureaucracy. president trump then several days ago came out and said he was directing the military, specifically directing general dunford, the chairman of the joint chie...

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...