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A LOOK BACK | Colorado oil man nominated as ambassador to Niger
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Longmont Republican Bill Casey was nominated by the Reagan administration to serve as ambassador to Niger. Casey, a mining engineer, had worked in Niger for Conoco Oil from 1977 to 1979 and said that he felt familiar with the country, its resources and its problems. Casey was awaiting his Senate…
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BIDLACK: Respecting the military — and reflecting on Trump
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Some weeks ago I wrote on the topic of what I called “bold hypocrisy” and argued that too many of our national leaders – your own partisanship can help you decide which ones – are guilty of some pretty stunning levels of hypocrisy. And so it will likely come as no surprise, dear reader, when…
