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Jeanne Shaheen: “There's increasing recognition that water scarcity raises tensions between Nations and may be a driver of armed…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
There's increasing recognition that water scarcity raises tensions between Nations and may be a driver of armed conflict.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses the link between water scarcity and international conflict.

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