north korea
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Democrat Jason Crow rips U.S. Rep. Coffman remarks on Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ nuke talk
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said in a radio interview this week that President Trump’s “unpredictable” remarks about nuclear confrontation with North Korea could be advantageous – but a Democratic challenger tore into the Aurora Republican’s comments and called on the president to drop the “bluster and chest pounding.” While he usually isn’t a fan of…
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Sen. Cory Gardner says keep pressure on North Korea with his sanctions
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
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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Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner talks security threats with Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner met Wednesday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at an airbase in Manila, drawing strong criticism from a local progressive organization that demanded a “full accounting” of the senator’s powwow with “a murderous strongman.” But a spokesman said the Yuma Republican was simply doing his job by discussing security threats with an…
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North Korean missile launch may be testing rivals, not technology
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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Gardner urges more sanctions after ‘most advanced’ North Korea missile test
Following a ballistic missile test that was possibly Pyongyang’s “most advanced yet,” U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined two prominent senators in penning a letter to the United Nations Security Council urging for more sanctions to be placed on North Korea. The epic that is North Korea’s quest for a missile capable of carrying a nuclear…
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Colorado’s Cory Gardner wants to ‘ramp up’ sanctions on China in joust with N. Korea
Demonstrating yet again that he aims to own North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un – if not in the slangier sense, then at least as an issue on Capitol Hill – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner denounced the rogue ruler’s latest ballistic missile test and called on the Trump administration Monday to pressure China to help rein Kim in.…
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North Korea hurls insults at Cory Gardner after he calls the country’s dictator a ’whack job’
North Korea’s government hauled out some unusual insults Friday to denounce U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner after the Colorado Republican called Kim Jong Un, the country’s young dictator, a “whack job” and a “crazed maniac” amid heightening nuclear tensions. Calling Gardner “a man mixed in with human dirt … who has lost basic judgment and body…