{"id":1987721,"date":"2023-08-01T12:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-politics-played-role-in-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:47:44","slug":"white-house-denies-politics-played-role-in-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-politics-played-role-in-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"White House denies political influence in decision to keep Space Command in Colorado."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhite-house-denies-politics-played-role-in-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado%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=1987721&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--><h2>The White House\u2062 Denies Allegations of Political Motivation in Decision to Keep Space Command in Colorado<\/h2>\n<p>The White House has firmly denied allegations made by Alabama legislators\u2063 that President Joe Biden&#8217;s choice to maintain Space Command&#8217;s headquarters in \u200dColorado was\u200d driven by political\u2063 motives. The decision, confirmed by National Security Council officials on Monday, puts an end to years of speculation surrounding the fate\u2062 of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s last-minute agreement \u200dto relocate the permanent headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The deciding \u2064factor for President Biden in deciding to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/general-petraeus-slams-bidens-hasty-withdrawal-from-afghanistan\/\" title=\"General Petraeus Slams Biden\u2019s \u2018Hasty\u2019 Withdrawal From Afghanistan\">operational readiness<\/a>, pure and\u200c simple,&#8221; stated \u200dNSC Coordinator John Kirby. &#8220;It had nothing to do with Sen. Tuberville\u2019s holds, \u2064had \u200cnothing to \u200bdo with partisan politics, \u200chad everything to\u2063 do with making sure that Space Command, \u200cin an undisrupted way, continue to operate at peak readiness levels in what is one\u200d of the most critical domains across the \u200dspectrum of your domains in that space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the White House&#8217;s explanation, both Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Rep. \u2063Mike Rogers (R-AL), chairman of the House Armed \u2062Services Committee, swiftly\u200b criticized President\u2063 Biden&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s clear that far-left politics, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a>, was the \u2062driving force behind this decision,&#8221; Rogers said. &#8220;The Biden administration\u2019s shameful delay to finalize the permanent basing\u200b decision for \u2062U.S.\u2063 Space\u200b Command warranted the opening of a Congressional investigation. I will continue this\u200d investigation to see if they \u2063intentionally misled the \u200bArmed\u2062 Services Committee on \u200btheir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-politics-played-role-in-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado\/\" title=\"White House denies political influence in decision to keep Space Command in Colorado.\">deliberate \u2062taxpayer-funded manipulation<\/a> of the selection process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A senior administration official informed the Washington Examiner\u200b that U.S. Space Command headquarters will \u2064achieve &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-kc-46-tankers-operating-on-natos-eastern-front\/\" title=\"U.S. KC-46 Tankers Operating on NATO\u2019s Eastern Front\">full operational capability<\/a>&#8221; in the coming weeks. In contrast, \u200drelocating it to\u200c Alabama would result in its opening\u200c in the \u2064early-to-mid 2030s, a risk deemed &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; by President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tuberville remains\u200c determined to fight \u200bfor\u2063 Huntsville, \u200dAlabama as the \u200bbest location for Space Command. He stated, &#8220;This is absolutely not\u200b over. I will continue to fight this as long as it takes to bring Space Command where it would be best served.\u200b Today\u2019s\u200b disastrous mistake just \u2064adds to the long\u2063 string of bad decisions that this compromised President \u2064has made. He \u2064is batting 1000 in that\u200c category since taking office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Sen.\u200c Tuberville has been engaged in a standoff with the Department of Defense and the \u2062Biden \u2063administration for approximately six months over a policy related to abortion. The senator has placed holds on \u200daround 300 promotions and nominations, citing the policy&#8217;s impact on military readiness and the families \u200bof service members.<\/p>\n<p>NSC Coordinator \u2062John Kirby clarified that Tuberville&#8217;s hold did\u2064 not influence President\u200d Biden&#8217;s decision to keep Space Command in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to \u200cread more\u200d from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House refutes claims by Alabama lawmakers that President Biden&#8217;s choice to retain Space Command&#8217;s HQ in Colorado was politically motivated. National Security Council officials confirmed Biden&#8217;s decision, putting an end to speculation about upholding Trump&#8217;s late agreement to relocate the permanent facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1987722,"comment_status":"open","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1987721","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=1987721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}