Chuck Hagel Hopes Congress Will Work on Security Issues Including ‘Global Warming’

“We’ve got the Congress that can’t work together.I hope that changes after next Tuesday — I don’t know. But we need all of our institutions functioning including the Congress to deal with these great issues because they have long-term consequences. Global warming - I mean, every facet that we see out there today is rolling back on us in some way. If we are not paying a price today we will pay a big price tomorrow ...

From my perspective within the portfolio that I have responsibility for security of this country, climate change presents security issues for us ... As the oceans increase it will affect our basis, it will affect islands, it will affect security across the world. So just from my narrow perspective, what I have responsibility for, that’s happening now and we have to be prepared for that.”