Just Pence's opening remarks, I will highlight some very important statements from the Vice President of the United States.
"AS WE WILL FOCUS AT THIS MEETING FOR THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THE TIME HAS COME TO START FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE IS CENTRAL TO THE SOLUTION THAT AMERICA NEEDS. IN AUGUST, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT RELEASED A SUBSTANTIVE REPORT IDENTIFYING CONCRETE STEPS THAT AN ADMINISTRATION CAN TAKE -- THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION CAN TAKE TO BEGIN TO MAKE THE SPACE FORCE REALITY. FOR THE PAST 2.5 MONTHS, OUR NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS HAD BEEN HARD AT WORK TO BEGIN STANDING UP THE UNITED STATES SPACED APARTMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND PATRICK SHANAHAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL PAUL, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT VISION TO STAND UP THE SPACE FORCE. [APPLAUSE] VP PENCE: THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL WILL BOW TO SPEND SIX STRATEGIC PLANS TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK THAT WILL BE A ROADMAP TO ESTABLISHING A SPACE FORCE. FIRST, WE WILL CREATE A COMBATANT COMMAND. IT WILL ESTABLISH A DEDICATED CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR SPACE FORCE OPERATIONS, ENSURING INTEGRITY, AND LAYOUT THE POLICY PROCEDURES FOR SPACE WAR FIGHTING. THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILL CREATE A JOINT ORGANIZATION, THE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THAT WILL BREAK FREE FROM BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE AND PROVIDE THE MINIMUM AND OF THE SPACE FORCE, CUTTING EDGE WERE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES THEY NEED, FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY. IN ADDITION TO DELIVERING THE SPACE WAR FIGHTING TECHNOLOGY FASTER THAN OUR ADVERSARIES CAN KEEP UP WITH, WE WILL ENSURE OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM CAN WHEEL THESE CAPABILITIES UNHINDERED BY BUREAUCRACY. WE HAVE REMOVED UNNECESSARY RESTRAINTS ON OUR COMMANDERS AND GIVEN THEM RULES OF ENGAGEMENT THEY NEED TO CONFRONT EMERGING THREATS ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, AND WE WILL DO THE SAME IN SPACE. [APPLAUSE] VP PENCE: WE WILL WORK WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT AND FUTURE SPACE OPERATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR WAR FIGHTERS HAVE THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED TO DETER AND DEFEAT ANY THREAT TO OUR SECURITY IN A RAPIDLY IN THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING BATTLEFIELD OF SPACE. FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH LEADERS IN CONGRESS TO CREATE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE I HAVE -- AS THE SIX RANCH -- BRANCH OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES. ONLY CONGRESS CAN FORMERLY -- FORMALLY ESTABLISH A NEW BRANCH OF THE MILITARY. OUR ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH LEADERSHIP IN BOTH PARTIES, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING TO CREATE A NEW DEPARTMENT THAT WILL ORGANIZE, TRAIN AND EQUIP SPACE FORCE FOR COMBAT AND SERVICE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS WERE OFFENSES AND DEFENSES OPERATE -- FOUR OFFENSES AND EFFECT -- FOR OFFENSES AND DEFENSES FUNCTIONS. [APPLAUSE] I AM GRATEFUL TO LEADERS IN THE CONGRESS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH US, AND I WANT TO THANK BRIAN PRAVIN. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICAN LEAD IT -- LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. [APPLAUSE] EARLY NEXT YEAR IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, WE WILL MARSHAL THE RESOURCES TO STAND UP SPACE FORCE. WE WILL WORK WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO ENACT THE REQUIREMENTS AND TO ESTABLISH THIS NEW DEPARTMENT BY 2020. THE TIME HAS COME TO WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, TO TURN THE PAGE TO AN EVOLUTION OF OUR ARMED FORCES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT LIMB WAS FRONT TIER. -- LIMITLESS FRONTIER. OUR ARMED FORCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ADVANCING THE BOUNDS OF LEADERSHIP. SPACE FORCE WILL USHER IN A NEW ERA OF AMERICAN -- WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENDING OUR NATION AND PROTECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE, IT IS THE COST OF INACTION THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD. WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR, WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO IN SPACE PLAYS AN EVER GREATER ROLE IN OUR SECURITY, PROSPERITY, AND THE CHARACTER AND VITALITY OF OUR NATION. OUR DISCOVERIES OUTSIDE OUR ATMOSPHERE SPUR GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATIONS, REVOLUTIONIZE HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND TRADE. THEY LAUNCH NEW BUSINESSES AND CREATE THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE. WHILE OTHER NATIONS INCREASINGLY POSSESSED THE CAPABILITIES TO OPERATE IN SPACE, NOT ALL OF THEM SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND THE RULE OF LAW, AND TO PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. AS WE INCREASE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR PEOPLE, AND CARRY OUR MOST CHERISHED IDEALS INTO THIS NEW FRONTIER, WE WILL DO THIS THROUGH THE LONG AND STORIED HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, WITH A COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN STRENGTH AND FREEDOM. IN OUR EARLIEST DAYS OF A NATION, ONE MERCHANT SHIPS CAME UNDER ATTACK BY THE BARBARIAN -- BARBARY PIRATES AND WERE FIRST TO PAY THE AND OR MISS TRIBUTE, WE SENT A SQUADRON OF OUR BEST NAVY SHIPS WITH NAMES LIKE CONSTELLATION, ENTERPRISE, CONSTITUTION, AND INTREPID TO PROTECT OUR COMMERCE. ONE AMERICA'S DESTINY -- WHEN AMERICA'S DESTINY BECKONED US WESTWARD AND PEOPLE WENT TO CARVE OUT A SPACE IN THE WILDERNESS, WE DISPATCHED FRONTIER REGULARS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE SETTLERS, TO PROTECT THE PEACE AND HELP TAME THE WILD WEST. IN THE WAKE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WE FORWARD DEPLOYED AMERICA'S NAVAL FORCES TO KEEP THE SEA LANES OPEN FOR THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE. WE MADE THE SKIES SAFER TRAVEL AND TRADE BY CREATING THE FIFTH BRANCH OF OUR ARMED FORCES, THE AIR FORCE. IN OUR OWN DAY, TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO OPERATE FREELY IN SPACE, TO LEAD IN SPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ALL MANKIND, WE WILL EAT ONCE AGAIN, EVEN -- WE WILL LEAD ONCE AGAIN AND CREATE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE TO MEET THE FUTURE. [APPLAUSE] AS WE TAKE THE FIRST BOLD STEPS, WE WILL DO SO WITH AMERICAN STRENGTH, WITH THAT SAME PIONEERING SPIRIT AND WE WILL DO SO AS AMERICANS HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR GENERATIONS, WITH THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN -- THE FAITH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE SAME FAITH ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO TAKE TO THE SKIES IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM. WE WILL HAVE FAITH IN THE CAPACITY OF OUR PIONEERS AND RISKTAKERS TO LEAD WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY. THEY WILL LEAD AMERICA INTO THE INFINITE EXPANSE OF SPACE. OUR CONFIDENCE WILL BE ON THEM AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM. WE WILL ALSO, I AM SURE, BRING A WORD OF PRAYER, AS THOSE GREAT PIONEERS GO FORWARD IN THIS NEW ENDEAVOR OF RENEWED AMERICAN SECURITY IN SPACE, OF RENEWED AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND LEADERSHIP. I KNOW MANY AMERICANS WILL CLAIM THAT ANCIENT PROMISE, WHEN WE RISE ON THE WINGS OF THE DAWN, WE WILL SETTLE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE SEA, EVEN IF WE GO UP TO THE HEAVENS. MAY THERE EVEN HIS HAND GUIDE US, WHO WILL LEAD US THERE. AND HIS HAND HOLD THEM FAST. WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AND THE COURAGE OF AMERICA'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND INNOVATION OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND THE VISION AND THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AND WITH GOD'S HELP, I KNOW WE WILL GIVE AMERICA THE SECURITY SHE DESERVES. WE WILL FORGE A NEW ERA OF PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, AND AMERICA WILL LEAD FOR FREEDOM AND -- IN THAT INFINITE FRONTIER ONCE AGAIN. GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE]"
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