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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Mar 1, 2019, 05:37 PM Mar 2019

Pentagon seeks $2B over five years for Space Force [View all]

The Trump administration plans to spend $2 billion over five years to create its Space Force, according to a Defense Department proposal released Friday.

The legislative proposal for the new service, which was sent to Congress on Wednesday, also includes plans to transfer 15,000 space-related personnel from elsewhere in the department to the new branch, which would fall under the Air Force.

The move comes after Trump in June first ordered the Pentagon to create the Space Force as a separate branch of the military. Earlier this month, he signed a directive to establish it under the purview of the Air Force.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan called the proposal a “historic moment for our nation” and “a strategic step towards securing America's vital national interests in space."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/432235-pentagon-seeks-2b-over-five-years-for-space-force

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