Barack Obama

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U.S. Barack Obama: Getty Images PhotoSpeaking Wednesday deep in Republican territory, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama proposed substantial expansions of the U.S. military and government-run volunteer programs, the Denver Post is reporting.

In a speech before an invitation-only crowd at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Obama said he would add 65,000 new Army soliders and 27,000 new Marines.

He also advocated tripling the size of AmeriCorps to meet "national goals" in health care and education, doubling the Peace Corps, and creating an Energy Corps to tackle renewable-energy and cleanup projects, according to the text of his address posted by the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Retired GOP warhorse (or is that Democrat warhorse) is coming out of retirement from the US Senate to lobby for Native Hawaiian rights. Patton Boggs has retained Ben Nighthorse Campbell to lobby Republicans in the Senate on behalf of the Akaka Bill.

PGov. Bill Ritter: Getty Images Photoresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has a "great opportunity" to win Colorado this November over John McCain and will win over Hispanic voters "hands down," Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said Sunday on "Meet The Press."

Leading fundraisers for former Democratic presidential primary rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met this week at a Denver law office, the Rocky Mountain News reported Friday.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an early Obama supporter rumored to be a potential vice-presidential pick, also attended the meeting, held at the law offices of Willie Shepherd, the Rocky reported.

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The Colorado Democratic Party is strongly downplaying media reports Thursday that the decision by Barack Obama's presidential campaign not to join the state's Democratic Coordinated Campaign may lead to future problems between the Obama camp and the state party.