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Jim Risch: climate change, energy security, and national security are basically a Venn diagram.

On the recordOctober 14, 2009
climate change, energy security, and national security are basically a Venn diagram.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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These issues are interconnected and should be addressed together.

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