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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Even the most modest current trends in climate change, if continued, will present new national security challenges for the U.S. Navy, for our Marine Corps, and our Coast Guard.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses climate change's impact on national security.

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