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“so I am going to pick up where my colleague is leaving off. We will keep on with the Space Force theme as we go forward here. I am bringing forward another really fantastic nominee, and this is Maj Gen Douglas A. Schiess. And I apologize again if I am getting these names wrong, but, heck, maybe we will get them confirmed tonight, and we won't have to read it again on the floor of the U.S. Senate. So Maj Gen Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Force, to be Lieutenant General and Commander, U.S. Space Forces--Space/Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander--again, serving in a joint force, just as Senator Sullivan and I are operating as a joint force here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. We have another really great nominee with a lot of years of service to this incredible country. He has a 31-year career. And we have heard a lot of these guys. They are 30-plus. We have seen some lower officers just being promoted to Brigadier General. But let me tell you, these men and women who have over 30 years of service are to be commended. As my colleague from Alaska has said, they have been put on the bench. I would think we would want the players with the most experience, the most finesse, the means to get a job done--I think we would want them in the game. So Maj Gen Douglas Schiess has that 31-year career. He has commanded 4th Space Operations Squadron. He has been with the 45th Operations Group, the 21st Space Wing, and the 45th Space Wing.…”