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Gardner, Pence differ on Trump’s promise to end U.S.-S. Korea ‘war games’
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One of President Trump’s more controversial pledges at his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – that the United States would halt joint military exercises on the Korean Peninsula – touched off confusion on Capitol Hill, with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner asserting the exercises would nonetheless continue. According to the Colorado Republican, that…
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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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Bennet says Colorado farmers, ranchers expect Trump to improve trade deals, not junk them
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As President Donald Trump departed on Friday for Asia, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Colorado’s agricultural community is relying on the president to keep his campaign promises and negotiate better trade agreements rather than scrap deals he’s called “horrible” and “so bad” for the United States. Noting that Colorado farmers export the vast majority of…
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Democrat Jason Crow rips U.S. Rep. Coffman remarks on Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ nuke talk
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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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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 Korean missile launch may be testing rivals, not technology
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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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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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Is it Cory Gardner’s time to shine on North Korea?
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Following his participation in a North Korea-focused U.S. Senate field trip to the White House April 26, Sen. Cory Gardner took the international limelight again, a place he has grown seemingly more comfortable. Gardner took the opportunity of the White House visit to call for broader sanctions against North Korea and implored the U.S. military to…
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May: Trump’s pivot to North Korea
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It’s high time the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat America can do anything but America can’t do everything, at least not within a four-year time frame. That suggests that the American president – any American president – needs to prioritize. In 2011, President Obama decided that the Muslim world should no…
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International student numbers up in Colorado
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International student enrollment continues to climb at Colorado higher education institutions, according to data released by the Institute of International Education. The five percent increase suggests Colorado is gaining traction among students looking for a high-quality higher education experience abroad, according to a news release from StudyColorado, a state initiative to encourage and promote international…
