Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumSecretary Of State And Ambulatory Canned Ham Mike Pompeo "Can't Rank" Climate As Security Threat
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that he cant rank climate change on a list of national security challenges. ABC Newss This Week host Jon Karl asked the secretary where he would list climate change, following Pompeos recent comments that it was not in the top five.
I cant rank it
I can't tell you exactly which number," Pompeo said. As secretary of State, my job is to make sure our national security never wavers, he said. Thats what well do.
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he interview comes days after The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration pushed to have references to climate change removed from an international statement on Arctic policy. Karl pressed Pompeo on that report, asking: What are you doing specifically to address this threat? Or do you not take it seriously?
This administration takes keeping Americans safe, keeping our drinking water pure, keeping our air clean very very seriously, Pompeo responded, arguing that the document in question had to do with the Paris climate agreement, which he says has not been effective.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/442173-pompeo-cant-rank-climate-change-on-list-of-national-security-threats
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Another member of the WH circus.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)hatrack
(59,593 posts)He represented the Kochs in Congress, and now he's Representin' for the Rapture, like the corn-fed Kansas clown that he is.
Ninga
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(14,308 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)for that pompous prick.