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‘Wrong message to send’: White House flippant on Space Force as adversaries field new weapons

By Abraham Mahshie
Published February 3, 2021 8:28pm ET
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‘Wrong message to send’: White House flippant on Space Force as adversaries field new weapons
President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office during the presentation of the United States Space Force Flag in the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. | (Alex Brandon/AP)

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond says it is even hard to explain to his mother how vital deterring threats in outer space is to Americans’ daily lives. So, when White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki appeared to mock the service created by President Donald Trump, he jumped at her invitation to join her at the White House lectern.

“My own mother called me a couple months ago after watching a television segment about GPS,” Raymond told reporters Wednesday. “She said, ‘Hey, Jay, do you know that … the Air Force and the Space Force does things with GPS?

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