WATCH: Sen. King asks Gabbard why climate change was not included in latest worldwide threats report
March 25, 2025
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as posted by the channelSen. Angus King, I-Maine, asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday why climate change was not included in this year’s worldwide threats report.
During a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, King said climate change has been included in past reports, noting how it’s a significant national security threat.
“Has something happened, has global climate change been solved?" King asked.
“I can't speak to the decisions made previously, but this annual threat assessment has been focused very directly on the threats that we deem most critical to the United States and our national security,” Gabbard said. “Obviously we're aware of occurrences within the environment and how they may impact operations, but we're focused on the direct threats to American safety, wellbeing and security.”
King said climate change affects mass migration, famine and political violence.
When asked by the senator if she directed her team to leave out climate change in the report, Gabbard said she doesn’t recall giving that instruction.
Tuesday’s hearing, focused on worldwide threats, was held a day after the revelation that senior Trump administration officials discussed sensitive U.S. military attack plans in a Signal app group chat and inadvertently included a journalist.
The text chain, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen, also included Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who also testified in the hearing . They were joined by FBI Director Kash Patel, NSA Director Timothy Haugh and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Jeffrey Kruse.
In the time since the group chat was reported, national security experts and lawmakers have expressed concern about the major lapse in security.
When asked by reporters about the communications around the plans late Monday, Hegseth said “nobody was texting war plans.”
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