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Democrat lawmakers melt down over Pentagon climate studies scrapping

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The lawmakers cited “billions of dollars” in damage to US bases in recent years, including flooding at Offutt Air Force Base in 2019 and storm damage at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam after it was struck by Typhoon Mawar in 2023.

There are also the lost hours in training as US troops respond to weather-related emergencies.

“Just last year, more than 6,500 national guard members, 250 members of the army corps of engineers, and 100 marines mobilized to recovery efforts after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated the Florida Gulf Coast, while many more responded to fight fires in Oregon, Tennessee, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Texas, and California,” they wrote.

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