Two of the top Democrats on the Senate s Intelligence Committee want President Joe Biden to review a Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs over feared negative impacts to the nation s spy agencies.
Intelligence chairman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and Colorado s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a member of the spy panel, sent the letter to Biden Tuesday morning saying they re worried moving the command to Huntsville, Ala., did not take into account how such a move may affect Intelligence community dependencies and missions.
The Pentagon announced the Alabama move Jan. 13 and sources have told The Gazette and other news outlets that President Donald Trump picked Alabama over objections from senior Pentagon leaders.
Tuesday s high is not expected to make it beyond 36 degrees, the weather service said.
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Overnight, patchy fog is forecast with temperatures expected to hit a low of 31 degrees, the agency said.
Wednesday is likely to see slight chances of rain throughout the day with skies likely to clear up Thursday and temperatures forecast to reach the 70s, the weather service said.
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By SARAH CAMMARATA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 WASHINGTON Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee are urging President Joe Biden to review a decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, amid a new line of concern that intelligence missions could take a hit. “We are concerned this decision did not take into account how such a move may affect intelligence community dependencies and missions,” committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., wrote to Biden in a letter dated May 11. The letter is the latest salvo against the decision by former President Donald Trump to move the Space Command to Redstone Arsenal, an Army post in Alabama. Shortly after the Air Force announced its selection in January, lawmakers from Colorado, among others from neighboring states, said the decision was influenced by politics.
Review of Space Command basing decision sought by Senate Intel members 3 days ago More than 100 U.S. Space Command personnel and 900 total participants took part in Global Lightning 2021 March 8-12, which integrated space capabilities into a multi-domain exercise at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (Lewis Carlyle/U.S. Space Command) Two Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence are sending another message to the White House in the fight to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado: It’s bad for the intelligence community. The May 11 letter is the latest missive from Capitol Hill as Colorado tries to convince the executive branch to reverse the Trump administration’s preliminary decision in January to move SPACECOM headquarters to Alabama. The command is currently based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., near a host of other important military space installations.
By Lt. Col. Chris Lowe, 146 Airlift Wing / Published May 11, 2021
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mikael Sundin, Command Chief Master Sgt. 1st Air Force, tours a C130-E Hercules aircraft from the 152nd Airlift Wing during MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) training at the San Bernardino Air Tanker Base, California. May 5, 2021. Utilizing C-130 aircraft equipped with the MAFFS unit, Air National Guard aircrew from the 152nd Airlift Wing and the 146th Airlift Wing work together to accomplish their aerial firefighting certification training alongside the U.S. Forest Service and other wildfire prevention agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Michelle Ulber)