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Gardner calls for tough policy on N. Korea ahead of summit
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner used a Senate hearing Tuesday to repeat his hard-line stance against the militarization of North Korea. The hearing was timed as a forerunner to a summit meeting slated for next week in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “It is my hope…
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With Colorado’s Cory Gardner riding shotgun on the Koreas, who needs Rex Tillerson?
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OK, so the State Department’s in turmoil. No problem; the U.S.’s closest allies know whose door to knock on when they come calling in our nation’s capital – Cory Gardner’s, of course! At least, when it comes to South Korea. The Republican U.S. senator from Yuma has, after all, become an ad hoc point man for…
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Sen. Cory Gardner talks about North Korean talks on ‘CBS This Morning’
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Coloradans had some Cory, North Korea and crisis with their morning coffee today, as the Republican senator from Yuma appeared on “CBS This morning.” “There is no doubt the sanctions put in place on the Kim regime are starting to work,” Gardner said of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Gardner said U.S. allies around…
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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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Colorado’s ‘Man from Yuma’ takes on the Hermit Kingdom
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President Trump may be Tormentor in Chief to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, but by the lights of neoconservative Beltway mag Weekly Standard, it is actually Colorado’s Cory Gardner who is running the ground game against the rogue regime and its unpredictable strongman. Indeed, writes the Standard’s Jenna Lifhits, “Gardner has the administration’s ear on Korea…
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Sen. Gardner Tries to Increase Sanctions Against North Korea
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WASHINGTON – Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner co-sponsored a bill this week to escalate sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear missile development program. The bill seeks to further isolate North Korea’s economy by cutting off more U.S. economic opportunities for nations and corporations that do business with the hardline Communist country. The Republican Gardner…
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Sen. Cory Gardner says keep pressure on North Korea with his sanctions
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Colorado’s Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma isn’t mincing words about the nuclear threat raised by North Korea: Use sanctions until it hurts the “rogue regime.” “Our policy toward North Korea should be straight forward,” he said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “We will deploy every economic, diplomatic and, if necessary, military tool to…
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Securing our nation is a top priority we all can agree on
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The United States has stood strong for 241 years. Through our commitment to a strong national defense, we have been able to protect our interests at home and abroad. Unfortunately, as our intelligence and defense assets have advanced, so have those of our adversaries. Today, cyberattacks, efforts to meddle in our democratic process, intercontinental ballistic…
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North Korean missile launch may be testing rivals, not technology
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North Korea’s latest missile test Monday may have less to do with perfecting its weapons technology than with showing U.S. and South Korean forces in the region that it can strike them at will. South Korean and Japanese officials said the suspected Scud-type short-range missile flew about 450 kilometers (280 miles) on Monday morning before…
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Colorado’s Cory Gardner travels to South Korea amid jitters over the north
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Following a barrage of ballistic missile tests by the regime of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un – who over the weekend debuted a new anti-aircraft weapon system – Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner set out on mission to South Korea this week to meet its new leadership and reinforce U.S. ties. The Republican junior senator is making the east Asia…
