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Jim Risch: “We, the United States military, start putting climate change in our national security planning”

On the recordOctober 14, 2009
We, the United States military, start putting climate change in our national security planning
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

The military should incorporate climate change into its strategic planning.

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