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    Trump Calls For 'Space Force' To Defend U.S. Interests Among The Stars

    The president wants a "separate but equal branch" of the military to watch over the final frontier, but only Congress can make it happen.
    by Geoff Brumfiel Jun 18, 2018 2 minutes

    Updated at 6:15 p.m. ET

    President Trump Monday announced his intention to create a "space force" that would oversee the military's activities off-world.

    "When it comes to defending America, it is not enough to merely have an American presence in space," Trump said at a meeting of the National Space Council,

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