House lawmakers call for 'bold' and 'disruptive' change to DOD space leadership

By Courtney Albon / January 19, 2017 at 7:30 AM
House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee leadership recently called for "bold action" to strengthen space leadership within the Defense Department and move away from what they view as a fragmented, "conflicted" management. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and ranking member Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) wrote in a Jan. 11 press release that, on the 10th anniversary of China's anti-satellite missile tests, "it is all too clear to us that the department is not strategically organized and managed to respond to these...

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