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TRAIL MIX | After a decade in China, Bennet challenger Gregory Moore plans to speak his mind
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Jefferson County Republican Gregory Moore says the seeds of running for office were planted in the summer of 2020, when he returned to the United States after roughly a decade teaching political science at universities in China, though it wasn’t until a year ago in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
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SONDERMANN | 2021: The year-end mode is an ode
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Eric Sondermann To 2021, we bid a not so fond adieu The prevailing sentiment having been a distinct boo-hoo. Though, for most, it was better than the year before Few will shed a tear in showing it the door. It started with quite the bang on January 6th Trump inciting his crowd to overturn an…
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Poll: Majority believe China is US’s biggest threat, while confidence in military has plummeted
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A majority now believe China poses the biggest threat to the United States, while confidence in the U.S. military has simultaneously dropped. Less than half of the roughly 2,500 people who participated in the fourth annual Ronald Reagan Foundation and Institute survey, which was released on Wednesday, said they have “a great deal” of confidence…
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Canadian troops compete for chance to come to Colorado
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They miss their cheap maple syrup and they have to import ketchup chips, but for Canadian troops, Colorado remains the most sought foreign assignment. Lt. Gen. Christopher Coates, Canada’s top officer on U.S. soil and the deputy commander for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said his 140-strong Canadian contingent and their families have come…
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Trump plans to go through with massive China tariffs next week
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Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner President Donald Trump reportedly is planning on instituting tariffs on $200 billion of goods from China next week, dramatically escalating the ongoing trade dispute. Trump has told aides that he intends to go through with the tariffs next week once public comment on the proposal is concluded, Bloomberg reports, citing several…
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Trump administration to add $16B in tariffs on Chinese goods
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The Trump administration will impose a 25 percent tariff on an additional $16 billion in Chinese goods, the office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Tuesday. The tariffs – which will hit products like fertilizer, electrical generators and railway freight cars – are the second to go into effect, following the tariffs imposed in…
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SLOAN | Is the U.S. losing focus on the world stage?
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President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs has been blunt, to say the least, and certainly has not conformed with what has come to be accepted as de rigueur diplomatic behavior. But, while bearing the president’s distinct mark, the approach is not entirely unprecedented, and has even spawned some considerable successes, mostly centered around reversing mistakes of…
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‘Another positive step forward’: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner lauds expanded North Korea sanctions
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Colorado’s Sen. Cory Gardner, a Yuma Republican, cheered a new round of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration Wednesday on North Korean business and financial operations, calling it “another positive step forward in this administration’s efforts to hold bad actors responsible for aiding North Korea and their rogue regime.” The increased sanctions are an attempt to…
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Gardner says U.S. needs new policy in trade, military relations with China
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner promoted a new diplomatic strategy toward China that includes greater military and economic ties to the region during a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday. Gardner, a Republican, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and international cybersecurity policy. He called the hearing to…
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Bennet says Colorado farmers, ranchers expect Trump to improve trade deals, not junk them
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As President Donald Trump departed on Friday for Asia, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Colorado’s agricultural community is relying on the president to keep his campaign promises and negotiate better trade agreements rather than scrap deals he’s called “horrible” and “so bad” for the United States. Noting that Colorado farmers export the vast majority of…
