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Denver 911 struggles to balance increased call volume amid staffing shortages

Mar 23, 2022

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LINDSEY TOOMER

Denver 911 saw its highest call volume in at least five years in 2021 amid severe staffing shortages. Police dispatchers in Denver are 71% staffed. For emergency communication technicians – the people actually answering the phone when someone calls 911 – Denver is 60% staffed. There are 13 technicians in training and when they graduate at…
Colorado leaders slow to react to Trump’s troop increases in Afghanistan

Aug 22, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Updated: Sen. Michael Bennet released a statement Tuesday afternoon in response to President Trump military expansion in Afghanistan. “President Trump offered only vague details on an Afghanistan strategy and failed to answer critical questions. To commit more resources to our longest war, we deserve to know: What does winning mean and what are the conditions…
May: The Qatar ultimatum

Jun 15, 2017

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Clifford D. May

In the war against terrorism, some nations are with us, some are against us and some are both In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he announced. “Either you are…
May: The war against history

Nov 17, 2016

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Clifford D. May

Islamists destroy the past to shape the future “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” This, as you may recall, was the slogan of the totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell in 1984, his classic novel. Today, various groups of Islamists – which we can define as…
YESTERYEAR: Colorado turns blue, kids vote their consciences and Norton talks bioterrorism

Nov 10, 2016

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Colorado Politics

… Ten Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … Colorado turned blue. At the Colorado Convention Center Hyatt, more than a thousand Democrats showed up to cheer the winning candidates. A famous trio of Democratic women took the stage, Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, House Majority Leader Rep. Alice Madden, and Democratic state party chair Pat Waak,…
Congress’ vote on terrorism bill splits opinions in Colorado

Oct 3, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – Congress voted last week to allow families of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims to sue the Saudi government, prompting as much controversy in Colorado as in Washington. The vote overrode a veto by President Barack Obama, who warned it could create a backlash of lawsuits against Americans abroad and alienate a key Middle…
Senate votes to override Obama veto of Saudi 9/11 bill

Sep 28, 2016

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Richard Lardner

The Senate acted decisively Wednesday to override President Barack Obama’s veto of Sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill to become law despite flaws that Obama and top Pentagon officials warn could put U.S. troops and interests at risk. Five weeks before elections, lawmakers refused to oppose a measure backed by 9/11…
Obama vetoes 9/11 bill, Congress may override

Sep 23, 2016

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Darlene Superville The Associated Press

Setting up a potential override by Congress, President Barack Obama vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. Obama cited the potential for the popular bipartisan bill to backfire against the U.S., its diplomats and military personnel. The bill sailed through both chambers…
Partisan differences checked at the door during Denver’s 9/11 tribute event

Sep 12, 2016

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SARAH KUTA Fresh Water News

The twisted, rusting hunks of steel that rested on the flat bed of a semi truck on Broadway in downtown Denver served as a solemn reminder to Coloradans of the terrorist attacks that shook this country 15 years ago. One woman dabbed at her eyes with a tissue Sunday after looking at the rubble from…
May: How the world has changed since 9/11

Sep 11, 2016

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Clifford D. May

The divide between the multiculturalists and the medievalists continues to widen The 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 should be a time for mourning, commemoration, reflection – and strategic planning. But many people prefer to avoid thinking too much about how life was interrupted on that sunshiny Tuesday morning: mothers and fathers…