The drawn-out decision process on the permanent home for U.S. Space Command remains drawn out more than two years after the Air Force declared Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal its preferred location.

That process appeared to well up in exasperation Tuesday in U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

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At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall – who has been tasked by President Joe Biden to make the final decision on Space Command’s home – appeared as a witness.

After asking Kendall about another topic, Tuberville shifted gears.

“Secretary Kendall, it wouldn’t be a hearing if I hadn’t asked you about Space Command,” Tuberville said.

The senator then began speaking about why a final decision is critical for national security and expressed the opinion that the selection process had turned political – a concern Tuberville has made frequently. Tuberville also noted that Gen. James Dickinson, commander of Space Command, said more than a year ago he would like a decision to be made.

“So what are your thoughts?” Tuberville asked Kendall.

The Air Force secretary responded by saying, “I don’t have anything new to report today, Senator Tuberville. We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to get a decision out as soon as possible, but I don’t have any new information.”

“None whatsoever?” Tuberville shot back with a dismayed smile. “Are we even thinking about it or is this just in and out? I mean, it’s, uh …”

At that point, Kendall repeated his answer.

“I just don’t have anything more to provide,” he said.

Kendall affirmed, when asked by Tuberville, that he believed it was important for Space Command to have a permanent base.

Tuberville then took the opportunity to bring up other potential sites for Space Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and Joint Base San Antonio in Texas as the runners-up to Redstone in the site evaluations. Space Command’s current home in Colorado Springs ranked fourth though the permanent site is largely seen as a showdown between Alabama and Colorado.

Colorado supported Biden in the 2020 presidential election while Alabama supported former President Donald Trump.

“I think we all do,” Tuberville said of the consensus that Space Command needs permanent home. “Nebraska, who is on the list number two, and then San Antonio, number three, I think we all are kind of sitting around waiting to see what’s going to happen. But we sure would like to get this decision made and moved on down the road and have the opportunity to build on it instead of having guess work. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

And with that, Tuberville’s questioning of Kendall ended.

Tuberville has suggested that the final decision is out of Kendall’s hands and will instead be made inside the White House. But Kendall, nominated as Air Force secretary by Biden, said that’s not the case.

At a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing, Congressman Robert Aderholt asked Kendall about the decision-making process.

“Congressman I have no indication that the president is going to do anything with regard to that decision. (Defense) Secretary Lloyd Austin delegated it to me and that’s where it stays today,” Kendall said.