12/19/2020

CLIMATE CHANGE/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Just last year, the Defense Department reported that climate change is a direct threat to more than two-thirds of the military’s operationally critical installations. And this could well be a conservative estimate. And so many climate and health calamities are colliding at once. It’s not just a pandemic that keeps people inside […]

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12/8/2020

BIDEN PEOPLE/DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS: “The next secretary of defense will need to immediately quarterback an enormous logistics operation to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines widely and equitably… The next secretary of defense will need to ensure the well-being and resilience of our service members and their families, strained by almost two decades of war… And the next secretary […]

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12/8/2020

BIDEN PEOPLE/DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS: “Today, I ask Lloyd Austin to once more take on a mission for the United States of America—this time as the secretary-designate of the Department of Defense. I know he will do an outstanding job. In his more than 40 years in the United States Army, Austin met every challenge with extraordinary skill […]

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