north korea’s nuclear weapons
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Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner talks security threats with Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
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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 Korea hurls insults at Cory Gardner after he calls the country’s dictator a ’whack job’
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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…
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Trump chief won’t reveal North Korea plan as tensions mount
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Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump’s campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee’s approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump’s plan, said only, “He wouldn’t do what’s being done now.” “He’s not going…
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Letter: Congress must fund missile defense system
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Editor: The simple fact that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons, no matter how far along they are in the process, calls into question how secure our country really is. (See Clifford May’s column, “National security policies of the next commander-in-chief,” published on May 26 in The Statesman.) In order for our country to have security against…
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May: Can America change course?
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The next president needs a new approach to national security. That may be easier said than done. As you watch the circus that is the 2016 presidential campaign, which candidate strikes you as having a coherent vision of national security for the post-Obama era? Who has told you what he (or she) will do about…
