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As climate change transforms the Arctic, Homeland Security must adapt, official says

By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon July 20, 2023

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Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Science and Techlogy Dimitri Kusnezov stands by Lake Spenard on July 18. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) — Dimitri Kusnezov, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s undersecretary for science and technology, stands by Lake Spenard on Tuesday. Kusnezov was on his first Alaska trip, with stops from Juneau to Utqiagvik. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

For the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which has a combination of public safety, emergency response and law-enforcement functions, climate change is creating new challenges for which old responses are no longer adequate, a top department official said on Tuesday.

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