Air Force leaders sidestep question on Trump's 'space force'

The Hill: The leaders of the Air Force on Wednesday neither contradicted nor voiced support for President Trump’s comments the day before calling for a military branch dedicated to space.

Speaking to Marines on Tuesday, Trump proposed creating what he termed a “Space Force” to counter adversaries in space.

“You know, I was saying it the other day — because we’re doing a tremendous amount of work in space — I said, 'Maybe we need a new force, we’ll call it the Space Force.' And I was not really serious, and then I said, 'What a great idea, maybe we’ll have to do that. That could happen,'” Trump said.

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