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Why Trump’s ‘Space Force’ isn’t as crazy as it sounds

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State of the Union 2019Donald Trump's full speech

Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic response to the State of the Union Address

President Trump directed the Department of Defense to begin plans to form a U.S. Space Force. The idea of forming a sixth military branch shocked some, but it’s not a new idea. Here’s how we got here...

President Donald Trump on Monday relaunched his call for a Space Force and used a National Space Council meeting to direct the Pentagon ASAP to create a new command in the Defense Department.

One problem: Congress needs to sign off on the plan first – and it probably won't any time soon.

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