WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:

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Trump Announces Relocation of U.S. Space Command

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During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command -- one of the Defense Department's 11 unified combatant commands -- would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.