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| Alabama AG calls for investigation into Biden's reversal on Space Command HQ |
| 2023-08-22 |
| [FoxNews] Alabama's attorney general is calling for an investigation into President Biden reversing his decision to put Space Command headquarters in Huntsville. Fox News Digital obtained Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Director of Defense Capabilities and Management Elizabeth Field and Department of Defense (DOD) Assistant Inspector General (IG) Randolph Stone with regard to Biden's "sudden reversal" of placing Space Command headquarters in Colorado. "On January 13, 2021, after a thorough vetting process that spanned almost two years, the Secretary of the Air Force selected Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for Space Command’s headquarters," Marshall wrote. "According to the announcement, the Air Force evaluated six possible headquarters locations ‘based on factors related to mission, infrastructure capacity, community support and costs to the Department of Defense,’" he continued, noting that the "factors strongly favored Huntsville." Marshall wrote that multiple "independent reviews" by the two offices "confirmed the Air Force’s decision that Huntsville was the best location for Space Command’s headquarters" and that the DOD IG's "20-person team" found the Air Force's selection process was lawful. The Alabama attorney general also said the GAO "similarly reported that Huntsville was clearly the preferred headquarters location" for Space Command. "After its investigation, the Government Accountability Office concluded that the selection of Huntsville ‘was consistent with the Air Force’s analysis,’" Marshall wrote. "The Huntsville headquarters should have cleared its final hurdle when the Air Force determined last year that the site 'will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.'" "Yet on July 31, 2023, government officials reported that President Biden had reversed the decision to locate Space Command’s headquarters in Huntsville and instead selected a location in Colorado. News reports credited General James Dickinson with convincing Biden to choose Colorado," he continued, citing Associated Press reporting of the southern snub. Marshall wrote that Dickinson's "role understandably surprised Alabama officials" weeks after the U.S. Space Command commander "confirmed to Alabama's congressional delegation that ‘the headquarters of U.S. Space Command belongs on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.’" "Newly uncovered Colorado property records reveal that General Dickinson had at least 1.5 million reasons to recommend Colorado over Huntsville for the permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters," Marshall wrote. "In April 2023, General Dickinson registered a deed to a $1.5 million, 20-acre ranch near the Colorado headquarters location," the Alabama attorney general continued. "When he was assuring them that ‘he couldn’t envision any circumstance where he wouldn’t recommend Huntsville,’ General Dickinson did not disclose his Colorado purchase to Alabama officials." "It is unknown whether General Dickinson disclosed his personal interests in the Colorado site to President Biden or any other superiors," Marshall added. Marshall alleged that Dickinson’s "personal interests may explain why the Secretary of the Air Force announced in May that General Dickinson ‘had recently changed his needs for a headquarters and that the "fundamental changes" could affect the basing decision.’" The Alabama AG also noted the GAO found that "the Huntsville location was the highest scoring location at every stage of the decision-making process." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 After Marving the Martian shot down the Russian orbital the Earthlings are now back to political infighting again. |
| Posted by: Enver Dingle4916 2023-08-22 14:00 |
| #4 The military bases that support this are in El Paso county next to Colorado Springs. 5 bases are there surprisingly, including the Air Force Academy. That county is redder than Alabama. Blue Colorado is the I25 corridor from Denver to Ft. Collins and that wins the elections. So if they "rewarded friends" it would be a huge backfire. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-08-22 11:07 |
| #3 Alabama is a red state; Co!orado is blue. "We're gonna reward our friends and punish our enemies." |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-08-22 10:52 |
| #2 If the defense of the nation was the primary mission of our military, treating military bases like a congressional piggy bank would be totally off the table in the first place. Just sayin' |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-22 10:15 |
| #1 Considering most of the space defense sites are in Colorado, the GPS command is in Colorado and most of the defense contractors that support it are in Colorado.... seems to make pretty good sense to me to have the HQ in Colorado. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-08-22 10:11 |