By Nia Bender
COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado’s lawmakers are making a move to stop the relocation of the U.S. Space Command. Tuesday morning, they sent a letter to President Joe Biden to stop the move while a probe is conducted into the Trump administration’s decision to relocate it from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. The letter is led by Democratic Senator Michael Bennet. Congressman Doug Lamborn is joining democrats in the call for a pentagon watchdog group to investigate the space command decision.
“We write to request you conduct a thorough review of the Trump administration’s last-minute decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama and suspend any actions to relocate the headquarters until you complete the review,” the state’s seven members of the House and two senators wrote. “This move undermines our ability to respond to the threats in space and is disruptive to the current mission. Additionally, significant evidence exists that the process was neither fair nor impartial and that President Trump’s political considerations influenced the final decision.”
During President Trump’s campaign rally at the World Arena last February, he said he would personally pick the command’s home. In May, the Air Force opened a nationwide competition for the command. The Biden administration hasn’t made any comments about whether it will re-evaluate the Alabama decision.
