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White House ceremony to establish US Space Command in Colorado

Aug 29, 2019

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Tom Roeder, The Gazette

U.S. Space Command will open for business Thursday with a White House ceremony, but a permanent home for the command, now in Colorado Springs, has yet to be announced. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the establishment of the command, which will oversee the efforts of all armed services in defending American satellites, planning…
Secretive space defense center in Colorado Springs begins 24-hour operations

Feb 20, 2018

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Tom Roeder, The Gazette

The National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base has moved beyond war games, with intelligence agency experts and Space Command airmen joining forces to protect American satellites in orbit. The center, which last year was operating with borrowed troops, has begun operating 24 hours a day and boasts a staff of 230. Their…
Rep. Doug Lamborn reaps praise for military handiwork in the budget

Feb 9, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

The U.S. Senate couldn’t pass a budget Thursday night, but Rep. Doug Lamborn was tooting his own horn for the amount of military spending he got into the House version. And he got an attaboy from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry of Texas, according to a press release from Lamborn’s office. “I commend…
Colorado’s Lamborn, Gardner keep focus on North Korea’s missile threat

Aug 24, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Some members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation recently renewed their tough talk over North Korea and its development of nuclear missiles. Rep. Doug Lamborn is calling for Congress to ramp up the nation’s missile defenses as North Korea continues to hurl threats against the United States and its other adversaries. Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, is a member…
Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs

Jun 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Protesters cloaked in red robes and wearing white bonnets like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” greeted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday when he spoke at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs. The 1985 Margaret Atwood novel depicts a dystopian society under fundamentalist rule where women are treated…

schriever air force base

White House ceremony to establish US Space Command in Colorado

Secretive space defense center in Colorado Springs begins 24-hour operations

Rep. Doug Lamborn reaps praise for military handiwork in the budget

Colorado’s Lamborn, Gardner keep focus on North Korea’s missile threat

Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs