Europe / James Mattis / Congress / United States Space Force

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CBS Evening News for Thursday, Aug 09, 2018
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The White House and Pentagon took the first step today toward creating a space force as the sixth branch of the military. There was a speech by the vice president and a tweet from the commander in chief, Space Force all the way. David Martin has more on this. The time has come to establish the United States Space Force. After that declaration by Vice President Pence, the Pentagon released a plan to set up by the end of this year a space command that would prepare to fight in space just as other ...

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