Climate Change: Obama Says Climate Change Is a Security Risk. Why Are Republicans Laughing?

Mar 21, 2016 | Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
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In the middle of January, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work signed off on one of the potentially most significant, if little-noticed, orders in recent Pentagon history. The directive told every corner of the Pentagon, including the office of the secretary of defense, the joint chiefs of staff, and all the combatant commands around the world, to put climate change front and center in their strategic planning.