Vice President Pence described the White House’s plans for a Space Force, a sixth branch of the U.S. military that would be responsible for operations in outer space, in a speech on Thursday.
The White House says that the Space Force will be created by 2020. The change, which would require approval from Congress, would be a dramatic change in the organization of the Defense Department.
“We must have American dominance in space, and so we will,” Pence said in his speech at the Pentagon.
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