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Space Force Will Start Small but let Trump Claim a big win

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated the launch of
   Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years.

   In signing the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes
   Space Force, Trump claimed a victory for one of his top national
   security priorities just two days after being impeached by the House.

   It is part of a $1.4 trillion government spending package -- including
   the Pentagon's budget -- that provides a steady stream of financing for
   Trump's U.S.-Mexico border fence and reverses unpopular and unworkable
   automatic spending cuts to defense and domestic programs.

   "Space is the world's new war-fighting domain," Trump said Friday
   during a signing ceremony at Joint Base Andrews just outside
   Washington. "Among grave threats to our national security, American
   superiority in space is absolutely vital. And we're leading, but we're
   not leading by enough, and very shortly we'll be leading by a lot."
   

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