Phil Weiser, the Attorney General of Colorado, stated on Tuesday that he is ready to fight if the Trump administration goes through with transferring the U.S. Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
Weiser said in a statement that the Trump administration should not play political games with the military readiness of our country and the families of service troops. He called the move “harmful to hundreds of Space Command personnel and their families.”
He also said that his office “has been getting ready” for such “an unlawful decision” and that he is “ready to fight it in court.”
Weiser said in the statement immediately after President Donald Trump announced on September 2 that Space Command would be moving. This was a change from a 2023 decision by President Biden to maintain the Space Command in Colorado.
In December 2023, U.S. Space Command, a unified combatant command based at Peterson Space Force Base, said it was fully operational.
In July 2023, the Pentagon declared that Colorado Springs will be the permanent home. Now, that decision is being changed.
Officials in Colorado said that moving would cause problems for the military families who moved there based on the 2023 decision. Weiser said, “They bought homes for their families, chose schools for their kids, and helped the local economy.”
What happens next? Weiser said that the state would soon file a lawsuit against the administration if it formally orders the headquarters to move.
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