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Obama to Coast Guard Grads: Climate Change the Biggest Threat to National Security

Obama to Coast Guard Grads: Climate Change the Biggest Threat to National Security President Obama used a commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy Wednesday afternoon to make clear that his administration views climate change as the most severe threat to national security. At the Coast Guard commencement, Obama made a “push for urgent action to combat climate change as a national security imperative,” the New York Times reports. “I am here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how… View Article