american in transition, part 2

Barack Obama announced his Security Team, yesterday, which included the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

Something that has been buzzing for a while is that idea that climate change, and not enacting sound policy, can be a risk to national security. For example, if we are the only ones that have clean water or food, then another country may try a terrorist attack to get our resources. That is a very simple explanation behind the idea of two things being linked.

So, in my mind, it becomes critical that the people making national security policy have a strong environmental track record and see what we are up against. I feel that Clinton is a strong choice for this reason, alone.

In a past interview, while running for President, with Grist:
“Global warming is a global problem that’s going to require a global solution,” she said. “As president, I will work to involve both China and India. But I think it’s important for the U.S. to provide leadership by taking aggressive steps to reduce our contribution to global-warming pollution.”

Why this is significant is because this is the person who will be representing us in the upcoming rewrite of the Kyoto Protocol and other global issues about climate change. We need someone who supports the science and, more importantly, supports change in our current policy, i.e. we don’t have one.

All in all, I think Clinton is a fantastic representative for the United States for the rest of the world.