After years of back and forth, the Biden administration decided Monday to keep the US Space Command in Colorado Springs instead of moving it to Huntsville, Alabama. Lawmakers here are celebrating the reversal of a past decision by ex-President Trump, but their Alabama counterparts don\u2019t plan to stop fighting\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Air Force had originally said Space Command should turn its temporary setup at Peterson SpaceForce Base into its permanent headquarters. But in Mr. Trump\u2019s final days in office, the call was made to move it to Huntsville. Local leaders and Colorado lawmakers were angered at that time, but now more than 2 years later, the switch has been undone. The Biden White House says the Air Force can now reach full operational capabilities within about a month. Former Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, on the reversal of what he\u2019d called the biggest disappointment of his time in office\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But again, Alabama Republican lawmakers say that fight\u2019s not over for them. They claim the decision was based on what they call \u201cfar-left politics,\u201d not national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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