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sively to reach the Millennium Development Goals in
health, education, and economic opportunity.
Many significant problems we face challenge not just
the United States but [also] all nations and peoples. You,
Mr. Chairman, were among the first, in a growing chorus
from both parties, to recognize that climate change is an
unambiguous security threat. At the extreme it threatens
our very existence, but well before that point, it could very
well incite new wars of an old kind—over basic resources
like food, water, and arable land. The world is in need of an
urgent, coordinated response to climate change and, as
President-elect Obama has said, America must be a leader
in developing and implementing it. We can lead abroad
through participation in international efforts like the
upcoming UN Copenhagen Climate Conference and a
Global Energy Forum. We can lead at home by pursuing
an energy policy that reduces our carbon emissions while
reducing our dependence on foreign oil and gas—which
will benefit the fight against climate change and enhance
our economy and security.
The great statesman and general George Marshall
noted that our gravest enemies are often not nations or
doctrines but “hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.” To
create more friends and fewer enemies, we can’t just win
wars. We must find common ground and common purpose
with other peoples and nations so that together we can
overcome hatred, violence, lawlessness, and despair.

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