Obama: Climate Change Poses National Security Risks for US

U.S. President Barack Obama says that global climate change poses immediate risks to the country's national security, increasing the possibility of natural disasters and humanitarian crises. The American leader is speaking Wednesday at graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. The White House says Obama will tell the graduates that the effects of climate change will impact how the military defends the United States and that the world needs to...

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