Rogers summons defense leaders to testify on SPACECOM headquarters – By Bryant Harris (Federal Times) / Aug 22, 2023
WASHINGTON ― House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers is asking three top Defense Department officials to testify before Congress after the Biden administration revoked a previous decision to place the Space Command headquarters in his home state of Alabama and instead designated Colorado as its home base.
The Alabama Republican on Tuesday invited Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Space Command leader Gen. James Dickinson and Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman to testify on what he called President Joe Biden’s “politically motivated” basing decision.
“When the Secretary of the Air Force finally made a decision, he upheld his predecessors’ decision to base U.S. Space Command in Huntsville, Alabama,” said Rogers. “President Biden then usurped the Air Force Secretary’s authority and named Colorado Springs the permanent basing site for U.S. Space Command in order to improve his political standing for next year’s re-election.”
“We will get answers on President Biden’s political manipulation of the selection process,” he added.
