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Article: FY'08 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL APPROVED BY SENATE PANEL INCLUDES PROVISION TO REQUIRE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON POTENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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The office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has issued the following news release:
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week approved the FY'08 Intelligence Authorization bill, which includes a provision sponsored by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), John Warner (R-Va.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to require the Director of National Intelligence to produce a formal intelligence assessment on the potential national security impacts of climate change.
Specifically, the unclassified amendment offered by the Senators requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to produce a National ...