On 09 Aug 2023, Molly Bolt <mollythebolt666@gmail.com> posted some
news:419333fd-92d2-436b-83c8-5ee8efcebd94n@googlegroups.com:

> On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 5:01:25 PM UTC-5, Charlie Glock
> wrote:
>> On 2023-08-09, Leroy N. Soetoro <democrat-...@mail.house.gov> wrote:
>> > https://apnews.com/article/space-command-biden-colorado-alabama-
>> > 382b12b57733848fd1d083227aefa0bf
>> >
>> > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S.
> Space
>> > Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision
>> > by
> the
>> > Trump administration to move it to Alabama. The choice ended months
>> > of
>
>> > thorny deliberations, but an Alabama lawmaker vowed to fight on.
>> >
>> > U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday that Biden was
>> > convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who
>> > argue
> d
>> > that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military
>> > readiness.
>
>> > Dickinson’s view, however, was in contrast to Air Force leaders
> hip, who
>> > studied the issue at length and determined that relocating to
>> > Huntsvill
> e,
>> > Alabama, was the right move.
>> >
>> > The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of
>> > Biden’s rationale for the decision.
>> >
>> > In announcing the plans, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press
>> > secretary
> ,
>> > said the decision was based on an “objective and deliberate pro
> cess
>> > informed by data and analysis.” He said Defense Secretary Lloyd
> Austin
>> > supported the president’s decision.
>> >
>> > Reaction to the decision came fast and was sharply divided, as
>> > Colorado
>
>> > lawmakers praised it and Alabama officials slammed it as a
>> > political maneuver. “This fight is far from over,” warned Rep.
>> > Mi
> ke Rogers, R-Ala.,
>> > chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
>> >
>> > Biden, said the U.S. officials, believes that keeping the command
>> > in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness that the
>> > move wo
> uld
>> > cause, particularly as the U.S. races to compete with China in
>> > space. A
> nd
>> > they said Biden firmly believes that maintaining stability will
>> > help th
> e
>> > military be better able to respond in space over the next decade.
>> > Those
>
>> > factors, they said, outweighed what the president believed would be
>> > any
>
>> > minor benefits of moving to Alabama.
>> >
>> > Biden’s decision enraged Alabama lawmakers and is sure to fuel
> accusations
>> > that abortion politics played a role in the choice. The location
>> > debate
>
>> > has become entangled in the ongoing battle between Alabama
>> > Republican S
> en.
>> > Tommy Tuberville and the Defense Department over the move to
>> > provide travel for troops seeking reproductive health care.
>> > Tuberville opposed
> the
>> > policy is blocking hundreds of military promotions in protest.
>> >
>> > The U.S. officials said the abortion issue had no effect at all on
>> > Bide
> n’s
>> > decision. And they said the president fully expected there would be
>> > different views on the matter within the Defense Department.
>> >
>> > Tuberville, in a statement, said the top three choices for Space
>> > Comman
> d
>> > headquarters were all in Republican-leaning states — Alabama, N
> ebraska and
>> > Texas — and bypassing them “looks like blatant patronag
> e politics.”
>> >
>> > Formally created in August 2019, the command was temporarily based
>> > in
>
>> > Colorado, and Air Force and Space Force leaders initially
>> > recommended i
> t
>> > stay there. In the final days of his presidency Donald Trump
>> > decided it
>
>> > should be based in Huntsville.
>> >
>> > The change triggered a number of reviews.
>> >
>> > Proponents of keeping the command in Colorado have argued that
>> > moving i
> t
>> > to Huntsville and creating a new headquarters would set back its
>> > progre
> ss
>> > at a time it needs to move quickly to be positioned to match China�
> ��s
>> > military space rise. And Colorado Springs is also home to the Air
>> > Force
>
>> > Academy, which now graduates Space Force guardians, and more than
>> > 24 military space missions, including three Space Force bases.
>> >
>> > Officials also argued that any new headquarters in Alabama would
>> > not be
>
>> > completed until sometime after 2030, forcing a lengthy transition.
>> >
>> > Huntsville, however, scored higher than Colorado Springs in a
>> > Governmen
> t
>> > Accountability Office assessment of potential locations and has
>> > long be
> en
>> > a home to some of earliest missiles used in the nation’s space
> programs,
>> > including the Saturn V rocket. It is home to the Army’s Space a
> nd Missile
>> > Defense Command.
>> >
>> > According to officials, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who
>> > ordered
> his
>> > own review of the matter, leaned toward Huntsville, while Dickinson
>> > was
>
>> > staunchly in favor of staying put. The officials said Austin
>> > presented
>
>> > both options to Biden.
>> >
>> > In a statement Monday, Kendall said the service will work to
>> > quickly implement Biden’s decision, adding that keeping the
>> > command in
> Colorado
>> > will “avoid any disruption to its operational capability.�
> �
>> >
>> > The decision was hailed as a victory in Colorado lawmakers and
>> > condemne
> d
>> > in Alabama.
>> >
>> > “For two and a half years we’ve known any objective ana
> lysis of this
>> > basing decision would reach the same conclusion we did, that
>> > Peterson
>
>> > Space Force Base is the best home for Space Command,” Sen. John
>
>> > Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said in a statement. “Most importantly,
> this
>> > decision firmly rejects the idea that politics — instead of nat
> ional
>> > security — should determine basing decisions central to our nat
> ional
>> > security.”
>> >
>> > Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said the decision “restores integ
> rity to the
>> > Pentagon’s basing process and sends a strong message that natio
> nal
>> > security and the readiness of our Armed Forces drive our military
>> > decisions.”
>> >
>> > Rogers, meanwhile, vowed that his committee will continue an
>> > investigat
> ion
>> > into the matter, calling it a “deliberate taxpayer-funded manip
> ulation of
>> > the selection process.” He added, “It’s clear t
> hat far-left politics, not
>> > national security, was the driving force behind this decision.”
>
>> >
>> > Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt echoed his sentiment, saying it
>> > was
>
>> > irresponsible for Biden to “yank a military decision out of the
> Air
>> > Force’s hands in the name of partisan politics.” She sa
> id an Air Force
>> > evaluation of the potential locations ranked Huntsville first,
>> > adding t
> hat
>> > the decision ”should have remained in the Air Force’s p
> urview.”
>> >
>> So how much money was wired to the Biden family account?
>> Joe doesn't do anything for free.
>
> Good people are always paid for what they're worth.

I reckon you're homeless then?