Vote vets and a new vet group spreading national security/global warming message

[karynnj]

So far, the climate debate has largely focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, drafting an international climate change treaty and fostering new, cleaner sources of energy and so-called green jobs.

But for nearly two years, military and intelligence experts have been issuing studies warning that climate change could put American military personnel and national security at risk. Increasingly violent storms, pandemics, drought and large-scale refugee problems, they say, will destabilize regions and encourage terrorism. And American dependence on foreign energy sources will only exacerbate the threats and increase the likelihood of military action.
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This week, Operation Free, a coalition of national security and veterans organizations, is sending a group of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans on a 21-state, biodiesel-fueled bus tour to promote the message that climate change could hurt American security. The group was launched in August, a month after the House passed the climate and energy bill.

And Votevets, a left-leaning veterans group, bought $500,000 worth of radio ads featuring Iraq war veterans making the case that the climate bill would help the country become more energy independent and less reliant on oil from the Middle East.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28249.html

Good article for politico, but it is beyond strange that they refer to Kerry as "emerging as a key player". They apparently missed Boxer in 2007 calling him the "go to guy" in the Senate on this, his actions in Bali, his representing Obama informally in Poznan and the fact that he led the Senate effort since the beginning of the year!