If the President asks for a recommendation on any of this, yes, we will be prepared, but we also have to factor into that: at what cost is this going to be for the men and women having to fight that war?
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In fact, the Pentagon has presented options to the President and while they are constantly reassessing those and offering new options.
That administration really laid out in 1991 and 1992 the threats of climate change, especially for national security.
I can assure you, Senator, that any commitments we made, in contracting or anything else, we will follow the law clearly and consult with Congress.
Oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard to look at it and get ready.
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