Lawmakers unfazed by $13 billion Space Force estimate

Published September 18, 2018 7:13pm ET



A new $13 billion cost estimate for President Trump’s Space Force did little Tuesday to shift the political dynamic for the initiative on Capitol Hill, where key lawmakers appeared unsurprised and took a wait-and-see attitude.

“That number has been hinted at for quite a while,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “What we haven’t seen — we have the figure $13 billion — what do we get for $13 billion? We don’t know that yet.”

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