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Nanette Barragán: “I believe climate change is a national security issue.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
I believe climate change is a national security issue.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Barragan links climate change to national security, opposing increased oil drilling.

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