Author: Dan Wolken
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Ward best known for integrity
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense spending could be slashed by $68 billion over 10 years if the military stopped spending millions on running grocery stores, operating its own schools and even developing a roll-up version of beef jerky, insists one of the Senate’s leading fiscal conservatives. In a new report, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn dubs the…
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Altitude adjustment awaits players
WASHINGTON — As Slate’s Dear Prudence I’ve gotten many anguished emails from people caught in the various corners of romantic triangles. How I wish someone in the romantic octagon (it’s blown past being a love “pentagon”) that is the burgeoning Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal had turned to me for advice. This story has now…
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Once dominant, Webb’s off the radar
FORT CARSON, Colo. – Fort Carson will celebrate America Recycles Day with a household hazardous waste collection event Nov. 15, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the old commissary (building 1525, Wetzel Avenue) parking lot.The free event is open to ID card holders from area military installations, including military service members and their families, Department…
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AFA’s Mueh named new AD
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach and other regional dignitaries broke ground Monday on a new Veterans Administration outpatient clinic that is expected to serve 20,000 veterans when it opens in May 2014. The 80,000-square foot facility, located south of the intersection of Fillmore and Centennial streets, will consolidate programs from the Veterans Affairs offices at…
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Choe joins teen turnout at U.S. Open
Those who showed up late Monday morning to a Veterans Day assembly at Columbine Elementary School had to stand. The Woodland Park school’s gymnasium was packed with kids, parents, veterans and other members of the community and fully adorned in red, white and blue to celebrate the holiday. Patriotic banners with handprints from each Columbine…
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MATERNAL INSTINCT
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Nov. 12, 2012 – The attempted shootdown of an unmanned U.S. Predator aircraft is the latest example of a pattern of disturbing behavior by Iran, and the United States will take “a measured response,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. In an interview during a travel leg…
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TAKING IT FROM THE TOP
National Park Service to Distribute Free National Park Passes at the Fort Carson Post Exchange (PX) on Monday, November 5 from 1000 to 1400 hours (10AM to 2pm) in Honor of Veterans DayRangers from Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will be at the PX on Fort Carson on Monday November 5, 2012 from 10AM to…
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Stability bridges AFA, new coach
Marine Maj. Steve Taylor, who had unknowingly suffered a concussion in Afghanistan after a roadside explosion, was at a takeout pizza dinner with his family at Camp Lejeune, N.C. There was some teasing over the toppings, which caused Taylor to fly into a rage. “I realized — what the hell am I doing, flipping out…
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Bzdelik’s hiring could give AFA new presence
LOS ANGELES — The act of Congress is in the books, the bills are paid, the sculptures are being cast, and one of the biggest parades in the world will start a glory tour and countdown to dedication. The first national monument to pay tribute to military dogs will be unveiled in California in just…