Mike Pence expected to lay out next steps for creation of Space Force

give
a speech at the Pentagon
Thursday where he will
outlin
e

the next steps
in forming the Space Force as the fifth branch of the military.

“JUST IN: VP Pence will deliver a speech Thursday at the Pentagon about next steps in the formation of the Space Force,” a CNN correspondent reported Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday that the Defense Department, Pence, and the White House are in “complete agreement” in the creation of a new Space Force.

Details regarding what the new branch of the military would look like and what its responsibilities would be have not yet been worked out, Mattis told reporters.

Trump has
champion
ed
the creation of a Space Force, which he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space.