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On the recordJuly 21, 2014
Efforts to link climate change to the deterioration of U.S. national security rely on improbable scenarios, imprecise and speculative methods, and scant empirical support.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso critiques the connection between climate change and national security.

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