Tag: Biden Administration
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one of the first Obama-era officials to warn of China’s growing military prowess. As the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, he worked…
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Famed Boulder climate scientist talks about why he split the U.S.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who stepped down from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder last year said he did so because the Trump administration had slashed his budget proposals and dissuaded the mere…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…
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Neguse, other House Democrats urge Biden to ban assault weapon imports
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S Rep. Joe Neguse and more than 60 House Democrats asked President Joe Biden on Thursday to halt importation of semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, citing Monday’s deadly shooting at a Boulder supermarket as a reason for the president to act “immediately” rather than wait…
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Analysis: Biden could face test if battle erupts for Taiwan | Tom Roeder
The White House and the Pentagon have unveiled an early look at the Biden administration’s national security policy and two items top the list: growing alliances and countering China. The first reverses course from the Trump administration, which backed away from many partnerships with its “America First” policy. Instead, President Joe Biden wants to make…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers: Air Force’s Space Command decision ‘absolutely comical’
A document created by the Pentagon to justify its decision to strip Colorado Springs of U.S. Space Command and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama has caused even more consternation among local leaders who say it proves the process was flawed and politics may have played a role. The Air Force found Colorado lacking in…
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Lamborn calls for probe of Space Command move
Alleging improprieties on a Trump administration decision to strip U.S. Space Command away from Colorado Springs and move its troops to Alabama, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Tuesday asked the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation. Lamborn, of Colorado Springs, cited political pressure exerted on Air Force leaders to locate the command in Huntsville,…
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INSIGHTS | Say hello again as D.C. Doug Benevento comes home (copy) (copy)
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’m biased. I’ve always liked Doug Benevento, and he’d have to try a lot harder to change that. President Trump apparently thought a lot of him, too, nominating Doug a year ago to be the second in command, the deputy administrator, of the Environmental Protection…
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Colorado reacts to Biden administration’s pause on federal lands for oil and gas permits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday provided more details about sweeping reforms to curb pollution from fossil fuels, reaction came quickly in the form of criticism, praise and at least one lawsuit. Colorado oil and…