John Kerry: “The designation of climate change as a security issue was not settled…”

On the recordApril 8, 2019

The designation of climate change as a security issue was not settled by President Obama's NSC, my state Department, or Secretary Hagel's Pentagon.

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Kerry asserts that climate change's status as a security issue is widely accepted.

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