{"id":116700,"date":"2021-02-03T13:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116700"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:42:29","slug":"republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Slam Psaki\u2019s Space Force Slight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jen-Psaki-e1612373886580.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republicans are growing concerned that the Biden administration is writing off the importance of the Space Force, which they see as a&nbsp;key tool in a new space race against China.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, President Joe Biden&#8217;s press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/white-house-has-nothing-to-say-on-space-force\/\">mocked<\/a> a question from a reporter about Biden&#8217;s plans for the Space Force, comparing it to a question about the color scheme of Air Force One.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\"><strong>Republicans Slam Psaki&#8217;s Space Force Slight<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\"><strong>Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor&#8217;s Promotion to U.S. Attorney<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-demand-hold-on-biden-commerce-pick-over-huawei-concerns\/\"><strong>Republicans Demand Hold on Biden Commerce Pick Over Huawei Concerns<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I am happy to check with our Space Force point of contact,&#8221; Psaki said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure who that is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.) said the Space Force is no laughing matter. China&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/chinas-casc-targets-more-than-40-space-launches-in-2021\/\">surpassed<\/a> the United States in annual satellite launches in 2020. The communist regime plans to not only increase launches in 2021 but to develop its own space station. Republicans sees the Space Force as a critical tool to safeguard national security against an increasingly aggressive China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People laugh at the Space Force, but it puts the fear of God in China,&#8221; Kinzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Before Psaki&#8217;s comment, Biden said very little about the Space Force on the campaign trail and said nothing during his administration about the newest military branch. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Hyten <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/hyten-u-s-space-force-is-on-solid-ground-despite-speculation\/\">said<\/a> last week that he had not yet heard from Biden about his plans for the Space Force. The Obama-Biden White House sidestepped Congress to put American space programs on the&nbsp;back burner, culminating in American astronauts relying on Russian rockets to reach orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration pursued an ambitious agenda to reverse decades of decline. The establishment of the Space Force has already paid dividends for national security, supporters say. The branch helped American troops avoid casualties when Iran launched a missile strike against U.S. forces in Iraq. House Space Force Caucus chair Rep. Michael Waltz (R., Fla.) expressed concern about the &#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lack of support for space exploration&#8221; within the Biden administration.<\/span> Republicans are fighting to prevent Democrats from rolling back the clock on America&#8217;s gains in space.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;re in a bit of a defensive mode on the progress we\u2019ve made in the past four years,&#8221; Waltz said. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What we\u2019re seeing now is Obama\u2019s third term.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The White House did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>For retired Air Force lieutenant general Steven Kwast, the stakes of inaction in space could not be higher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Biden does not give America a vision for the power of space to resolve our political, economic, and military problems, then we will perish at the hands of China, which has a vision,&#8221; Kwast told the <em>Washington&nbsp;<\/em><em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;We will either secure our values of respecting people, or we will be forced to abide by the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s definition of what we should believe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China sees its space program as a means to topple the United States in economic and intelligence competition. The country has developed a constellation of its own satellites, which offer GPS and communications services nearly on par with American technology. The United States&#8217; economy is likewise<strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;increasingly dependent on space. An attack on U.S. satellites could disrupt critical infrastructure on an unprecedented scale<\/span><\/strong>, prompting concern over a potential &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/why-the-us-is-risking-a-pearl-harbor-in-space\/\">Pearl Harbor in space<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.) said the future of national defense could depend on the success of the Space Force. Cramer, also the co-chair of the Senate&#8217;s Space Force Caucus, said the branch serves a key role in protecting the American &#8220;way of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than ever, our way of life and our national security are dependent on space. Our adversaries understand that and have steadily built weapons to exploit it. America\u2019s answer to this growing threat is Space Force,&#8221; Cramer said. &#8220;While it&#8217;s our newest military branch, it\u2019s quickly becoming one of the most important, and making sure it continues to grow and becomes capable of responding to emerging threats ought to be of the utmost importance to Congress.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daniel Goure, vice president of the Lexington Institute, a defense think tank, said the fate of the service branch remains in the hands of the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The creation of the Space Force was driven from the White House. That raises the potential that it will be the orphan child at this point,&#8221; Goure said. &#8220;There\u2019s a real danger that at best it will languish, at worst it will deteriorate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are growing concerned that the Biden administration is writing off the importance of the Space Force, which they see as a\u00a0key tool in a new space race against China. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892556,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4649,5085,3756,4447,5091,5088],"class_list":["post-116700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-force","tag-psakis","tag-republicans","tag-slam","tag-slight","tag-space"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}