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Jim Inhofe: “[Climate change] will magnify existing tensions in critical regions, overwhelm fragile political, economic and social…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
[Climate change] will magnify existing tensions in critical regions, overwhelm fragile political, economic and social structures, causing them to fracture and fail.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses the impact of climate change on global tensions and national security.

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