Trump orders re-establishment of SPACECOM, but key details unknown

By Courtney Albon / December 20, 2018 at 10:48 AM
While President Trump has ordered the re-establishment of U.S. Space Command, according to a White House memo, multiple sources tell Inside Defense the Pentagon is still working through key details of those plans, including where to locate the new combatant command. In a Dec. 18 memo to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Trump writes: "I assign to United States Space Command: (1) all the general responsibilities of a Unified Combatant Command; (2) the space-related responsibilities previously assigned to the Commander, United...

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