Resources oft all the federal government are to send i have decided our Vice President mike pence to poland this weekend in my place. Something, very important for me to be here. The storm looks like it could be a very big one indeed and mike will be going. I just spoke to the president of poland and express my warmest wishes and the wishes of the american people. Our highest priority is the safety and security of the people in the path of the hurricane and i will be rescheduling my trip to poland in the near future. We are gathered here in the rose garden to establish the rose states and. E united it will defend americas vital interests in space, the next war fighting domain and i think that is pretty obvious to everybody. It is all about space. Vice president y mike pence, secretary mark esper, acting director of intelligence, acting secretary of the army, acting secretary of the air force, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and congressman mike turner. We are especially grateful to welcome the new leader of space, general j raymond, highly respected man within the military joining this afternoon by his wife molly. Are a wonderful family and several of their friends. Willal raymond, i know you do a fantastic job. Thank you. The United States in common causes of battle. Each of the United States military commands has an area of responsibility which oversees our mission in the middle east cyber, whichecent, we established last year to protect americans from the most advanced Cyber Threats and to create very severe and powerful offense of threats should be need them. [no audio] our way of life at home. Our freedom to operate in space is also essential to detecting and destroying any missile launched against the United States. Just as we have recognized land, air, sea, we will now treat space as an independent region overseen by a new unified graphical button mansard [inaudible] outpace americas rivals by years, general raymond has led and commended Space Operations at every level in the u. S. Air force. Molly, i hope you are very proud of him. Warrior that has integrated Space Capabilities to make military Even Stronger and pave the way for a new era of a national defense. He is respected by everybody sitting in front of us and everybody that knows him. It will soon be followed, very important by the establishment of the United States space force as the sixth the branch of the united dates armed forces. That is really something when you think about it. Organize force will and with todays action, we open up another great chapter in the extraordinary history of the United States military. They will ensure that americas dominant is never questioned and never threatened because we know the best way to prevent conflict is to prepare for victory. Days, wenations first have blazed the frontier that has crossed the future. Today, we salute the hello men and women who will serve in space, and keep americas arises forever bright and free. We camebudgets since into the administration, since the election 2016, since january 2017, we have done things with the military that the people would have thought possible. Nobody would have thought that it was possible, but we had them approved by republicans and democrats and that money is now building the most advanced equipment anywhere on earth. Equipment that nobody could have conceived of it in two years ago. It is very necessary and hopefully we will never have to use it. Secretaryw like the to sign documents on the United States space command. Thank you. Mr. Secretary. [applause] congratulations. [applause] good afternoon. Mr. President , thank you for hosting us today. In doing so, you honor airmen, sailors, soldiers, and marines that secure the high ground for our nation. On behalf of those men and women, we would like to present you with a momento. August 29, 2019, on behalf of the space war fighters, thank you for your leadership. Pres. Trump thank you. [applause] pres. Trump thats a big one. [applause] pres. Trump thats a big one. Thank you very much. I would now like to invite chief Master Sergeant roger toberman to unfurl the flag of the United States space command. Thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause] the house will be in order. Been 40 years, cspan has providing america on filtered of congress, the white house, Supreme Court and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. View ofyour unfiltered federal government. Welcome alex nor roster alexour guest