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Space Command relocation decision imminent, commanding general says
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The long-awaited decision on the final location of U.S. Space Command is coming soon, according to a report from Military.com. Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, told the online publication last week that a final determination on whether command headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs or be uprooted to Huntsville, Ala., is imminent.…
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Colorado Springs mayor calls on Biden administration to make U.S. Space Command decision right
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said a Government Accountability Office report released Thursday concluding that the Trump administration’s decision to relocate U.S. Space Command lacked credibility and transparency gives the Biden administration “all the ammunition that’s needed” to reverse it. “It would be hard to imagine a report that’s less enthusiastic about the decision that…
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Findings from first of two investigations into Space Command basing decision expected early April
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Nearly 15 months after then-President Donald Trump announced U.S. Space Command would be moved from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala., findings from the first of two investigations into potential political influence on the decision are expected in early April. “There is a rumor going around that it will have some findings that will be favorable…
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Colorado delegation urges Biden to consider national security, cost in Space Command basing decision
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Keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. That was the message Colorado’s congressional delegation made loud and clear in a letter delivered to President Joe Biden Tuesday. “We remain deeply troubled that the decision to relocate USSPACECOM undermined the two most important factors for any critical basing decision: protecting national security and minimizing cost,” the…
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House passes national defense bill without Lamborn provision to delay Space Command move out of Colorado
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Congressional negotiators on Tuesday dropped a provision from the annual defense bill that would have postponed any work toward moving U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, pending completion of two investigations into the decision. Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees agreed on a final version of the $768 billion National…
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2 Colo. representatives absent as U.S. House defeats farm bill
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The U.S. House of Representatives intends to take another stab at a 10-year re-authorization of the federal farm bill after that measure failed May 18 – a vote for which two Colorado congressmen representing farm areas were absent. H.R. 2 – the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 – died on May 18 on a…
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Hill: Medicaid reform is our moral mandate
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Medicaid is failing Colorado. For those of us who love this strong and beautiful state, the time has come for us to do something about it and align our economic and moral interests. In 2003 the Government Accountability Office designated Medicaid as a high-risk program; since that year all of the factors indicating risk have worsened. In this past year alone, Colorado…
