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Pentagon Warns Climate Change Will Intensify Conflict
Global warming will worsen many of the challenges the U.S. military already is grappling with, the department says.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during a press briefing October 1, 2014 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The briefing was to discuss the release of the Military Health System review.
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Natural disasters from climate change will intensify global instability, disease, poverty and conflict, according to the U.S. Defense Department.
Global warming will worsen many of the challenges the U.S. military already is grappling with, the department said in a report yesterday.