. >> acting defense secretary patrick shanahan and joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford testified at a senate armed services committee hearing recently on the trump administration's proposal to create a space force. senator jim in half chairs the hearing. tional cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the >> the committee meeting will come to order. joint chiefs of staff, and eneral john

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, but acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan and joint chiefs of staff chairman general joseph dunfordot take the lead on space, they will be playing catch-up with russia and china forever. >> given the significant change confronting us, we now need a military service dedicated to space. the status quo is not sufficient. we need to outpace threats in space, not simply keep up with them. >> china and russia have taken significant steps to challenge our traditional dominance in space. space is no longer a sanctuary. reporter: we heard from senators today about the cost. i talked with senate armed services committee chairman james inhofe and he told me the $2 billion budget for the space force is not optimistic. how far are we from this actually happening? >> i think this hearing is going to precipitate pretty quick action. reporter: there are other senators like senator angus king that say they don't think this needs to be its own branch of the military and we also heard shanahan tell us that to fill the space force, they will pull from other military branches and they don't plan to back

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, the actingce force defense secretary will join john todayd -- joseph dunford on the senate armed servicesee for a hearing on space force. it is already underway. go to c-span3 to watch the hearing live. c-span.org or listen to it on the free c-span radio app. john in johnstown, pennsylvania, democrat. caller: how are you? when the president of the united states badmouth the fbi and secret service to other leaders of the world, that is treasonous to me. there is no other explanation for that. unredacted should be and seen by the american people as we pay for it and we should see it. redacted, he wants may as well say he will redact the whole report, ridiculous. the is my main complaint, -- someone say he did not commit treason but he did, when you badmouth agencies to leaders of other countries, he extols the virtues of dictators and knocks around country down, can you believe that, that to me is treason. host: 10 minutes left. stay here on c-span after we finish at 10:00 and eastern because we will take you to the senate appropriations subcommittee dealing with agricultural issues, sonny

shanahan, acting secretary of defense, secretary heather wilson, secretary of the air force, general joseph dunfordairman of the joint chiefs of staff and general john hide en. commander of the u.s. strategic command. before we begin the hearing, i'd like to provide special recognition to secretary wilson. today is likely her last appearance before this committee. she's transitioning to her new position of president of the university of texas el paso. i spent about 20 years of my life down there. i know what you're in for. we'll miss you dearly. our your service is -- first in the united states air force from '82 on and as congresswoman from '98 to 2009 and culminating as the 24th secretary of the air force. we appreciate all of your service. we will miss you. i've got to applaud and thank both president trump and vice president pence for their renewed focus in cohesive approach to america's resurgence in the space domain. and the support to our national defense strategy. this document here, which is our blueprint. the re-establishment of the national space council chaired by the vice president has

senate hearing, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan and the joint chief share -- chair joseph dunford talked about the plan for a space force as part of the u.s. air force. they answered questions about the new defense agency's mission and budget. oklahoma senator james in half chairs the arms services committee. copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] committee will chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and heiden, commander of the u.s. strategic command. before we begin today's hearing to provide special recognition to secretary wilson. is likely her last appearance before this committee transitioning to her new position as president of the university of texas at el paso. spent about 20 years of my ife down there and i know what you're end for. we'll miss you dearly. our service has been commendable, serving the united states air force from 1982 on. congresswoman, from 1998 to culminating as the 24th secretary of the air force. we appreciate

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