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a key area of concern for the 

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Department of Defense and Deputy 

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Secretary of Defense , Kathleen Hicks 

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are the effects of climate change on 

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our installations , particularly things 

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like drought and wildfire on our 

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installations here in southern 

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California , Camp Pendleton , Deputy 

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Secretary Hicks met with the California , 

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Department of Forestry and Fire 

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protection or cal fire personnel who 

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support California , wild land 

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firefighting and military personnel 

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from Marine Aircraft Group 39 to thank 

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them for their hard work and dedication 

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and combating wildfires that impact our 

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bases and training areas and discuss 

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the effects of drought and wildfires on 

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our installations , our people and our 

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neighbors in the local community . We 

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at dod are doing our part to combat 

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climate change . Just last year , we 

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released our first dod climate risk 

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analysis focused on the geo strategic 

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and mission implications of climate 

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change . We also released the dod 

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climate adaptation plan , our roadmap 

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to ensure the department maintains the 

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ability to operate under changing 

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climate conditions . Just this month we 

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released our first progress report on 

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the cap , a measure of how we're doing 

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to accomplish our climate resilience 

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goals . Those documents plus climate 

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plans for each of our military services 

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are available on defense dot gov . I'd 

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encourage you to check them out . Just 

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search for tackling the climate crisis