October 12, 2022 11:06 AM UTC

Dark Brandon Arrives in Colorado

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #2: Live from Vail:

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UPDATE: Via Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Colorado fashion shot if there ever was one:

Rep. Joe Neguse is the most Colorado dressed of the bunch, with Hickenlooper in second and Sen. Michael Bennet coming in a bookish but respectable third. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gets it totally wrong without a trace of denim or corduroy, and Gov. Jared Polis has, no surprise here, the flashiest shoes.

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President Joe Biden is in the house!

President Joe Biden is arriving at the Eagle County airport ahead of his speech at Camp Hale designating the new Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument. https://t.co/LQBPbJNn03

Watch live: https://t.co/0NW4U3dEQM pic.twitter.com/XD2dQkxtvl

— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) October 12, 2022

As Denver7 reports, Biden will speak in Colorado about designating the Camp Hale/ Continental Divide National Monument — his first such national monument designation as President:

Biden signed a proclamation Wednesday designating Camp Hale and the area of the Continental Divide that surrounds it as a national monument, and his administration moved to protect 225,000 acres of the Thompson Divide from mining and oil and gas production…

…Wednesday’s proclamation has been expected since last week, when sources first confirmed Biden would be making Camp Hale – where soldiers trained to fight in the Alps during WWII – a national monument.

The moves announced Wednesday include designating 53,804 acres including Camp Hale and the surrounding Tenmile Range as a national monument that will be managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which will develop a plan to protect and manage the land and the historical significance of the area, the White House said.

Click here to watch live coverage of Biden’s remarks.