afghanistan

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman celebrating Christmas in Afghanistan with deployed troops

Dec 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is returning to Afghanistan to celebrate Christmas with the troops, but details about the trip won’t be released until the Aurora Republican is on his way home, a spokesman said. Before he left, Coffman told Colorado Politics that all he wants for Christmas is “for the men and women defending our nation,…
Democrat Gabriel Thorn launches run for House District 5 seat held by term-limited Crisanta Duran

Sep 20, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Denver Democrat Gabriel Thorn, a retired Army major with two Bronze Stars, is jumping in the crowded primary for the House district represented by Speaker Crisanta Duran, who faces term limits after next year’s election. After serving 11 years in the Army, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Thorn is pursuing a graduate degree 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…
Trump hails fallen Colorado Springs soldier, others at Arlington

May 29, 2017

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Darlene Superville The Associated Press

President Donald Trump expressed his nation’s “boundless and undying” gratitude Monday to Americans who have fallen in battle and to the families they left behind, hailing as heroes the hundreds of thousands buried at Arlington National Cemetery, including a soldier from Colorado Springs. In his first Memorial Day remarks as president, Trump told the stories…
John Hickenlooper proclaims official John Elway Day in Colorado to honor Broncos legend

May 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday declared May 24, 2017, John Elway Day in Colorado, but the Denver Broncos general manager and former quarterback didn’t know he had a holiday until late in the evening after he’d finished eating dinner along with 2,000 business, political and civic leaders at the Mizel Institute’s annual dinner in Denver.…
Mike Coffman challenger Jason Crow talks about the battle in front of him

May 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Denver attorney and decorated combat veteran Jason Crow says he decided to run for Congress soon after the November election, when it was clear to him that the world had changed overnight. “After the election, my wife and I, like many people, were trying to figure out what our world looked like and how we…
Stamper-Brown: Damage in the wake of ‘No Drama Obama’

Apr 24, 2017

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Jared Wright

Every time a picture of America’s Coolest Prez Ever gets posted on social media, the internet lights up like a Christmas tree. Of late, His Excellency, Barack Obama, was caught on camera photographing Michelle while they cruised the South Pacific on a carbon footprint-hogging 450-foot super yacht. One Instagram click later and, who cares about…
May: A mission accomplished in Syria

Apr 20, 2017

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Clifford D. May

President Trump is re-establishing the power of deterrence If you’re still unsure about whether President Trump did the right thing when he launched 59 cruise missiles at Syria’s Shayrat airbase last week, consider the alternative. He knew that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had yet again used chemical weapons to murder Syrian civilians, women and children…
Stamper-Brown: The destruction of the West by globalists

Apr 17, 2017

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Jared Wright

Ultra-liberal Sweden is becoming a shell of its former self because liberalism has turned this once peaceful country into a chaotic, multicultural cesspool of violence and unrest. Swedes have always taken pride in their open-mindedness, believing their good intentions and big hearts would overcome a collision of cultures when it comes to immigration without assimilation.…
Group backing vets furious with Republicans for ‘demeaning’ Coffman challenger Crow’s military service

Apr 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A bipartisan organization that encourages veterans to run for office demanded an apology Tuesday for comments made by a national Republican campaign group about combat veteran Jason Crow’s announcement that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, also a combat veteran, in next year’s election. While no one apologized, the swiftly escalating war of words — centered…