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Yvette Clarke: “I'm very interested in the testimony today, and hoping to hear about how we can assess the risk of solar geomagnetic…”

On the recordMay 7, 2014
I'm very interested in the testimony today, and hoping to hear about how we can assess the risk of solar geomagnetic storms and other EMP threats that create vulnerabilities for our critical infrastructure.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke emphasizes the need to understand EMP threats to critical infrastructure.

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