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Lawmakers won’t exempt Pentagon from climate change executive orders

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published April 27, 2016 8:30pm ET
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Lawmakers won’t exempt Pentagon from climate change executive orders
Rep. John Fleming, R-La., introduced an amendment which would allow the Defense Department to not follow the president's executive orders on climate change and clean energy. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee rejected a proposal on Wednesday to exempt the Pentagon from the administration’s efforts to fight climate change.

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