Committee chair U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, (R-AL) during a House Armed Services Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2023.
The White House has denied that partisan motivations were behind the decision.
The U.S. military announced on July 31 that Biden, a Democrat, had selected Colorado Springs as the permanent location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters, saying it would ensure "peak readiness" of the command during a critical period.
Space Command is responsible for American military operations in space.
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