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Poll: Majority believe China is US’s biggest threat, while confidence in military has plummeted
A majority now believe China poses the biggest threat to the United States, while confidence in the U.S. military has simultaneously dropped. Less than half of the roughly 2,500 people who participated in the fourth annual Ronald Reagan Foundation and Institute survey, which was released on Wednesday, said they have “a great deal” of confidence…
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Canadian troops compete for chance to come to Colorado
They miss their cheap maple syrup and they have to import ketchup chips, but for Canadian troops, Colorado remains the most sought foreign assignment. Lt. Gen. Christopher Coates, Canada’s top officer on U.S. soil and the deputy commander for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said his 140-strong Canadian contingent and their families have come…
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Gardner: Colorado natural gas could buy diplomatic influence in Europe
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s plans for Colorado’s natural gas production reach far beyond economic development into U.S. foreign policy. “Colorado could play a key role in countering Russian aggression,” the Colorado Republican told Colorado Politics. The U.S. Geological Survey says recent discoveries show Colorado might have the nation’s second-largest natural gas reserves, most…
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Gardner’s cybersecurity bill deals automatic sanctions, unless the president says no
Colorado’s U.S Sen. Cory Gardner said that when nation’s orchestrate cyber attacks on the U.S., there should be an automatic response with real consequences. Are you listening, Russia? On Monday Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, introduced the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act, which is co-sponsored by Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware. The legislation…
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WATCH: Top US officials warn of ‘pervasive’ Russian attack on 2018, 2020 elections
A group of senior U.S. intelligence and national security officials warned Thursday that Russia is waging a “pervasive campaign” to undermine upcoming U.S. elections and influence voters, and said the Trump administration is taking several steps to prevent such meddling. Their comments came during a White House briefing about foreign election interference that recapped a…
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Zuckerberg arms Facebook for ‘fake news’ battle as elections near
New tools built by Facebook, one of the social media platforms that Russian agents employed to influence U.S. voters in 2016, will protect users from similar tactics in this fall’s elections far more effectively, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday. Among the security mechanisms are artificial intelligence capabilities that removed thousands of fake accounts…
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FBI chief learns of Putin invitation to White House while in Denver
FBI Director Christopher Wray was in Denver Thursday – visiting his staff and meeting with area law enforcement officials – when he was grabbed in a hallway and given a quick news alert: Russian President Vladimir Putin was scheduled to visit the White House later this year. Wray had spent a chunk of the day…
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Aspen Security Forum: Even US intel chief has no clue what Trump, Putin talked about
ASPEN – Even President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief doesn’t know what was said in Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats made that surprise admission Thursday in his first public comments since rebutting Trump’s questioning of the U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016…
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Bennet, Gardner to Trump: Reunite families torn apart at the border
Colorado’s two U.S. senators – Republican Cory Garden and Democrat Michael Bennet – are among more than two dozen lawmakers who have signed a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the return of children away from their parents who cross the U.S. border illegally or seek legal asylum. The letter, dated Thursday, was signed by…
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WATCH | FBI Director Wray in Aspen: Russia continues to sow discord in US
ASPEN – FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaking at a security conference here, said Wednesday that Russia continues to use fake news, propaganda and covert operations to “spin up” Americans on both sides of hot-button issues to sow discord in the United States. Wray stood behind the intelligence agencies’ assessment that Moscow meddled in the 2016…