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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
Global, environmental, and ecological degradation, as well as climate change, are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress and social discontent through 2019, this year, and beyond.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses climate change as a national security threat.

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