north korea
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TIPTON | Preventing the illicit financing of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons
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Last year, all eyes turned to North Korea as the hermit kingdom launched yet another ballistic missile, this time into the Sea of Japan. Actions like this pose a huge threat to global security and are cause for immediate concern. They also raise important questions, the main being: how do we better prevent hostile nations…
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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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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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Trump calls off N. Korea summit: What they’re saying in Colorado
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President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled his planned summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, calling the cancellation a “tremendous setback” for peace and stressing that the U.S. military was ready to respond to any “foolish or reckless acts” by the North. Here’s reaction to the move from Colorado leaders: Cory Gardner, U.S.…
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Gardner: Trump’s letter to Kim canceling summit was dictated to Bolton
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President Donald Trump’s letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling off their meeting was dictated by the president to his national security adviser, John Bolton. That’s according to Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, who met with Bolton at the White House on Thursday, hours after Trump announced he was withdrawing from a planned…
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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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Gardner urges Trump to negotiate cautiously with North Korea on denuclearization
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North Korea can be trusted to denuclearize only if its promises can be verified and China participates in the treaty, Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Friday. Gardner, a Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy, has long advocated a hardline toward North Korea. On Thursday, President…
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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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UPDATE: Opinions mixed among Colorado lawmakers on president’s State of the Union address
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President Trump announced plans during his State of the Union address Tuesday for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending plan that could be good news for Colorado’s ambitious road-building plans. However, he also said he would move forward with a get-tough policy on immigration that is nearly certain to alienate the state’s large Hispanic population. He…
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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…
