KYOTO PROTOCOL AND CLIMATE CHANGE:CHUCH HAGEL

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Congressional Testimony

09-28-2000

SEPTEMBER 28, 2000

OPENING STATEAWNT BY SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL

Climate Change: Status of the Kyoto Protocol After Three Years Joint Hearing
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee

"I would like to welcome our distinguished witness here this afternoon:
The Honorable Frank Loy, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs. I
asked Secretary Loy ...

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