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)

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)

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)

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)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) greets Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess before 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. Angus King (I-ME) (L) greets Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess (R) 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: Elizabeth Oyer, former Department of Justice Pardon Attorney, speaks on Capitol Hill during the confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche as the U.S. Attorney General in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Elizabeth Oyer, former Department of Justice Pardon Attorney, speaks on Capitol Hill during the confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche as the U.S. Attorney General in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. During Blanche's tenure as acting Attorney General the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump's 1.8 billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)