Tag: Colorado Springs Chamber Of Commerce
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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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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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Interstate 25 rivals Aurora, Colorado Springs could be top U.S. Space Command picks
The biggest competitor Colorado Springs faces in its bid to keep U.S. Space Command in town may be just an hour’s drive north if traffic is light. Buckley Air Force Base, the last bastion of a vast military complex that kept the Denver-area economy humming through the Cold War has many of the same characteristics…
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Interstate 25 rivals Colorado Springs, Aurora could be top U.S. Space Command picks
The biggest competitor Colorado Springs faces in its bid to keep U.S. Space Command in town might be just an hour’s drive north if traffic is light. Buckley Air Force Base, the last bastion of a vast military complex that kept the Denver-area economy humming through the Cold War, has many of the same characteristics…