{"id":2014349,"date":"2023-08-28T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado-to-be-investigated\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:38:02","slug":"bidens-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado-to-be-investigated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado-to-be-investigated\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation launched into Biden&#8217;s choice to retain 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=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbidens-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado-to-be-investigated%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=2014349&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 Government Accountability Office to Investigate President Biden&#8217;s Decision on Space Command<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2064Government Accountability Office (GAO) has\u200c agreed to conduct an investigation into President Joe\u200d Biden&#8217;s controversial decision\u2062 to keep Space Command in Colorado, despite the \u2063previous administration&#8217;s plan to relocate it to Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) requested the investigation last Thursday, and the GAO has confirmed that the investigation is now underway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The investigation will focus on determining the scope and methodology of the inquiry. \u2063Once these details are finalized, an expected final release date will be announced.<\/p>\n<h3>Background: Biden&#8217;s Decision Sparks Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>In late July, President Biden announced his decision \u2064to maintain Space Command&#8217;s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, overturning the Trump administration&#8217;s last-minute plan to move it to Alabama. This decision ignited a fierce competition between lawmakers from both states, with swift denouncements from\u200d Alabama representatives, including Chairman Rogers, who accused the\u200d president\u200d of making a politically motivated choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;National security decisions of this magnitude and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-keep-space-command-in-colorado-to-be-investigated\/\" title=\"Investigation launched into Biden's choice to retain Space Command in Colorado.\">significant economic interest require<\/a> the process to be standardized, repeatable, transparent, and deliberate. Based on \u200bnumerous administration officials talking to the press, the decision by President Biden appears to be anything \u2064but,&#8221; Rogers\u2063 stated \u2063in his letter \u200bto Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rogers emphasized the\u200c need for non-political decision-making\u2063 and \u2062called for scrutiny of long-term basing decisions to ensure they are not influenced by social policy preferences or \u200cadvocacy by administration officials.<\/p>\n<h3>Committee Hearing \u2062and Allegations<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Chairman Rogers invited Secretary \u200bof the Air\u2064 Force Frank Kendall, Space Command Commander James Dickinson, and Space Force \u2062Chief of Space Operations Chance \u2062Saltzman to testify before the House Armed Services \u200bCommittee.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rogers labeled Biden&#8217;s decision as &#8220;politically motivated&#8221; and accused the selection process of \u200dbeing\u200b manipulated for political gain. The White House and \u200cNational Security Council have denied these\u2063 allegations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A senior \u2064administration official clarified\u200d that the primary factor in Biden&#8217;s decision was the timeline for achieving\u2063 &#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; \u2064Space Command is expected to reach this milestone by the end of August, while the \u200cestablishment of a new site in Alabama would likely take until the early-to-mid 2030s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In conclusion,<\/strong> the GAO investigation will shed light on \u2062the decision-making process behind \u2063President Biden&#8217;s choice to keep Space Command in \u2062Colorado. The \u2063investigation aims to ensure transparency, accountability, and non-political motivations in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/126-ex-generals-admirals-warn-about-biden-u-s-in-deep-peril-health-a-concern-7-red-flags-emerging\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 126 Ex-Generals And Admirals Say Biden Is Mentally Unfit For President\">national security decisions<\/a> of \u200cthis magnitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government Accountability Office will investigate President Biden&#8217;s choice to retain Space Command in Colorado, despite the prior administration&#8217;s plan to relocate it to Huntsville, Alabama. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) made the request, confirmed by a GAO spokesperson to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2014350,"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-2014349","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\/2014349","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=2014349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}