WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess greets speaks to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) during a nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) (L) and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (R) speak to one another during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) listens during Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess looks on at the end of a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York speaks during the second day of acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)