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• Cheney criticizes Obama nominees in Wyoming speech

  February 10, 2013 11:18 AM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Barack Obama is jeopardizing U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and degrading the U.S. military. Cheney, a Wyoming native, made his comments Saturday night to about 300 members of the state's Republican Party in... more »

• District Attorney investigating Colorado Secretary of State Gessler

  November 6, 2012 9:31 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A spokesman for Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler says his boss welcomes a thorough investigation to determine if Gessler violated the law by using state funds to attend a partisan event and spending $1,400 from his office account without receipts. Denver district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough... more »

• Former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies at age 85

  March 19, 2011 10:18 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher has died. A spokeswoman for his law firm says he died last night at his home in Los Angeles of complications from bladder and kidney cancer. He was 85. Christopher is known for his peace efforts in Bosnia and the... more »

• Governor wants surplus funds from Secretary of State

  January 27, 2011 6:44 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Gov. John Hickenlooper is encouraging Secretary of State Scott Gessler to turn over any surplus funds in his office to help balance the state budget. Hickenlooper said Thursday he is asking all state agencies to return unused funds because the state is facing a $1.1 billion... more »

• Colorado investigating Saguache County vote changes

  November 12, 2010 6:28 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher has sent two investigators to Saguache (suh-WAHCH') County to find out why vote totals changed during a retally of votes three days after the election. The recount affects two Republican candidates who thought they had won, but are now behind... more »

• Some voters say El Paso County term-limit questions confused them

  November 5, 2010 9:05 PM

  Some El Paso County voters say they were confused by three questions on the countywide ballot, some even going so far as to say they feel intentionally misled by the wording of the measures. El Paso County questions 1B, 1C, and 1D asked voters to consider modifications to the... more »

• Friday deadline for setting Colorado ballot firm

  September 3, 2010 12:08 PM

  Secretary of State Bernie Buescher says he will certify the November ballot by the close of business Friday, despite an ongoing campaign by the Colorado Republican Party to recruit a new gubernatorial candidate. Buescher says time is tight because of the late Aug. 10 primary and federal deadlines for... more »

• Condoleeza Rice honored at Air Force Academy

  August 27, 2010 4:10 PM

  Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was named the 2009 T.D. White Award recipient by the Air Force Academy, for her distinguished career working for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. On Thursday, Rice and Lt. Gen. Mike Gould attached Dr. Rice's name to a plaque listing... more »

• Colorado refused waiver on military ballots

  August 27, 2010 3:20 PM

  The Pentagon has told Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher that it has denied a waiver to exempt the state from a federal requirement to mail ballots to military service members overseas 45 days before the November election. Spokesman Rich Coolidge confirmed that Colorado's waiver request has been denied.... more »

• Clearing up robocall confusion

  July 29, 2010 2:59 PM

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes announced Wednesday that he was asking the state Attorney General's Office to investigate a false robocall campaign. The automated called made to registered Republicans allegedly said that Maes had dropped out of the race. NewsFirst5 has learned that the confusion may have stemmed from... more »

• Jane Norton turns in petition for Senate race

  May 27, 2010 8:18 AM

  Republican Jane Norton turned in 35,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state, which she says is more than enough signatures to make GOP Senate primary ballots. Norton submitted the signatures Wednesday, a day before they're due. Norton needs 1,500 signatures from registered Republicans in each of Colorado's seven... more »

• US pledges $1.15 billion to Haiti

  March 31, 2010 12:11 PM

  A senior U.S. official says the Obama administration will pledge $1.15 billion in taxpayer dollars over the next two years to help with Haiti's post-earthquake reconstruction. The official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce the pledge on Wednesday at a U.N. donors conference that is expected... more »

• Clinton: US wants biting sanctions on Iran

  March 22, 2010 11:13 AM

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is vowing that the Obama administration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is now working on sanctions "that will bite" to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program. In remarks prepared for delivery in a speech to a... more »

• Clinton to meet with Latin American officials

  March 4, 2010 8:36 AM

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Costa Rica to press Latin American nations on democracy and development. Clinton arrived in the capital, San Jose, early Thursday morning and will meet with officials from 16 Central and South American nations at a conference aimed at promoting reform.... more »

• Clinton shows solidarity, pledges more aid

  November 12, 2009 8:55 AM

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is promising U.S. support for the Philippines in its fight against al-Qaida-linked militants. She's arrived in Manila for a two-day visit. Her trip comes after the Philippine Senate passed a resolution urging the government to renegotiate a pact with the U.S. that lets about... more »