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Trump’s Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge
Pro-Publica ^ | 3.14.17 | Andy Revkin

Posted on 03/15/2017 8:27:50 PM PDT by pissant

Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real, and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon’s assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves.

In unpublished written testimony provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his confirmation hearing in January, Mattis said it was incumbent on the U.S. military to consider how changes like open-water routes in the thawing Arctic and drought in global trouble spots can pose challenges for troops and defense planners. He also stressed this is a real-time issue, not some distant what-if.

“Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today,” Mattis said in written answers to questions posed after the public hearing by Democratic members of the committee. “It is appropriate for the Combatant Commands to incorporate drivers of instability that impact the security environment in their areas into their planning.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: climatechange; dod; fakescience; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; idiot; mattis; secdef
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

He definitely is.


101 posted on 03/16/2017 1:48:34 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: montag813

Trump let go of General Flynn who actually gets it to go to McMaster. And now with these concerning things coming out about Mattis it’s not good. No wonder Democrats were for him!


102 posted on 03/16/2017 1:51:28 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Yes, the Ann Paterson issue is the most alarming about this guy.


103 posted on 03/16/2017 1:53:57 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: lodi90

Flynn was actually good.


104 posted on 03/16/2017 1:55:25 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: pissant

No wonder McInsane and his comrades loved this appointment. Mad Dog is indeed “mad”. Sack him.

I wonder at what point PDJT is going to realize the gov’t is too far gone to remedy using heretofore constitutional methods. When the revolutionaries openly commit sedition and other felonies, the country has reached “that point in time”.


105 posted on 03/16/2017 1:59:47 AM PDT by Kalamata
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To: FreeReign

“Mattis wasn’t referring to AGW”

That’s my conclusion as well. To insist that climates are not changing or in a state of flux...well, that’s just silly.


107 posted on 03/16/2017 2:46:38 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: pissant

So we know which departments budget is funding the massive spraying of our skies to stop “ global warming”


108 posted on 03/16/2017 3:10:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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109 posted on 03/16/2017 3:39:08 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: leakinInTheBlueSea

Does he endorse or give credit to the redistribution of wealth that is climate change, global warming? Civilizations have fought over water as long as they have existed.. And long before the Industrial Age. What a maroon! Well of Jacob. In fact, prior to industrialization, they probably fought harder, because no water meant certain death.


110 posted on 03/16/2017 3:54:32 AM PDT by momincombatboots (pathway to citizenship... Amnesty history repeats. Walling Illegals In wasn't the idea moron!)
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To: pissant; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
I have a great deal of respect for this Marine, but . . .

DANG!

111 posted on 03/16/2017 4:01:16 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: Helicondelta

yep
always has; always will

the military has to prepare for all contingencies


112 posted on 03/16/2017 4:06:15 AM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: leakinInTheBlueSea; pissant; ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton; ProtectOurFreedom; BuffaloJack; ...
leakInTheBlueSea: "natural variations in regional weather and climate can indeed have an impact on security in the region.
SoD would be foolish not to consider such things..."

Bingo! You just nailed it.
Matthis was just being diplomatic, trying to humor the nut-case liberals on his confirmation committee.
The military always, always takes changes in weather very seriously -- think of the Normandy storms on D-Day in 1944, think of those deadly tides at Tarawa in 1943.
For a military man to say he's concerned about the weather, or "climate" changes is just common sense.
Doesn't mean he's now a congregant in the Leftist Church of What's Happenin' Now.

So forget it, we have a great Secretary of Defense, be certain of that.

113 posted on 03/16/2017 4:09:22 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

Thanks for that.


114 posted on 03/16/2017 4:27:23 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My meme contribution: “Climate science” is what you get when you give computers to witch doctors.


115 posted on 03/16/2017 4:47:47 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: pissant

So far Mattis has been a great disappointment. He is having great difficulty filling positions and now he bringing his religious baggage.


116 posted on 03/16/2017 4:51:40 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: BroJoeK

Alright...hope you’re right.


117 posted on 03/16/2017 5:33:44 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: pissant

Thought he was a Marine; Don’t Marines Adapt?

I thought the weather and the climate were just another thing to be used to break the enemy.


118 posted on 03/16/2017 5:56:03 AM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: nopardons

No, not millions about 11,000 years ago.


119 posted on 03/16/2017 7:33:55 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: pissant

Looks like you don’t either.


120 posted on 03/16/2017 7:34:46 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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