The
Pentagon said the decision by Biden, a Democrat, would ensure
"peak readiness" of the command during a critical period.
Experts have said keeping the base in Colorado Springs would
avoid a lengthy transition period to Huntsville, Alabama, a spot
favored by former Republican President Donald Trump and which is
known as "Rocket City" for its role in developing space rockets.
"It will also enable the command to most effectively plan,
execute and integrate military spacepower into multi-domain
global operations in order to deter aggression and defend
national interests," the Pentagon said in a statement.
Biden's decision comes as a Republican senator from Alabama,
Tommy Tuberville, is blocking hundreds of U.S. military
appointments to protest the Pentagon's policy reimbursing costs
for service members who travel to get an abortion.
Biden last week criticized Tuberville for preventing many women
and people of color from moving into more senior roles, some of
them historic in nature.
Those include Air Force General CQ Brown, the first Black person
to lead any branch of the armed services, whom Biden has
nominated to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Navy Admiral
Lisa Franchetti, who would become the first woman to command the
service and become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Kanishka Singh in
WashingtonEditing by Marguerita Choy)
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