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Hillary Clinton: “Many today do not see global climate change as a national security threat. But it is; profoundly so.”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
Many today do not see global climate change as a national security threat. But it is; profoundly so.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton asserts that climate change is a significant national security threat.

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