Senate Foreign Relations Testimony on the grave threat to our nation’s security posed by global warming:

  • Admiral Joseph W. Prueher (PDF), USN (Ret.), Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command and Former Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China;
  • General Charles F. Wald (PDF), USAF (Ret.), Former Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command; and
  • Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly (PDF), USN (Ret.), Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the First Commander of the Naval Space Command.

Memo to conservative global warming deniers: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) asserts in his opening statement (PDF),“To adequately prepare our security and diplomatic forces for future threats, we need to understand how climate change might be a source of war and instability.”

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