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Colorado politicians make final push to keep U.S. Space Command

Aug 2, 2019

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Tom Roeder, The Gazette

With a new defense secretary on the job, Colorado politicians are bombarding the Pentagon with pleas to keep the new U.S. Space Command here. Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is the latest, a few days behind Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and the El Paso Board of County Commissioners. The new push is aimed at Defense…
Rep. Mike Coffman wants to rein in president’s war authority

Apr 27, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman wants to reign in the power of the president to use military force – and not necessarily just the current president, but him, too. “What I have confidence in is the people around the president,” Coffman said Thursday when Colorado Politics asked him if he had confidence in President Trump’s war-making judgment.…
Mike Coffman, Jason Crow give thumbs down to Trump’s ‘marching orders’ for military parade

Feb 8, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Democratic challenger Jason Crow, both combat veterans, scowled Wednesday at reports President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand military parade in the streets of Washington, D.C. “No shutdowns, no parades,” Coffman told Colorado Politics through a spokesman while the House was grappling with legislation to…
Gazette editor accompanying Defense chief on four-nation Mideast tour

Dec 3, 2017

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Vince Bzdek

OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – Defense Secretary James Mattis launched a four-nation Mideast tour Saturday amid growing concerns that ISIS is creeping more and more into Africa as it is chased out of Syria and the Mideast. “Across Africa, we see increased concern about this,” Mattis told reporters aboard his plane on the way to…
Gardner questions whether U.S. military use of force law needs update

Oct 31, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – Both the U.S. secretary of state and secretary of defense agreed Monday that North Korea represents the most urgent military threat to the United States during questioning by Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. Gardner is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which held a hearing Monday to determine whether changes are…
May: Why Boeing and Airbus deals with Iran shouldn’t fly

May 4, 2017

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Clifford D. May

Aiding and abetting terrorists is bad business Sometimes international law is ambiguous. Sometimes not. When it comes to murdering civilians and using chemical weapons to get the job done, there are no grey areas, no fuzzy lines, no mitigating circumstances. Such practices are clearly and specifically prohibited under what’s called “the law of war.” That…
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…
Trump opens first full day on job at church

Jan 21, 2017

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Ken Thomas

President Donald Trump opened his first full day as president Saturday at a national prayer service, the final piece of transition business for the nation’s new chief executive before a promised full-on shift into governing. Trump and his wife, Melania, and Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, sat in a front pew at…
Colorado Democrats criticize Trump adviser appointments

Dec 5, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado’s Democratic Party delegation to Congress is joining critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for his top advisers and Cabinet members. “So far, the news and rumors have been disquieting – especially for people across the country who have been engaged in promoting civil rights, a cleaner environment, sustainable energy and better health care,” Rep. Diana…