CNA Military Advisory Group to report year-long study on US energy security

In Washington, the CNA Military Advisory Group, composed of a top-level board of recently retired admirals and generals, will release today the results of a year-long study on the national security risks and military impacts of U.S. dependence on fossil fuel, the current electrical grid and the impact of climate change.

General Chuck Wald USAF  (Ret.), CNA Military Advisory Board, Chair, former Deputy Commander, Headquarters U.S. European will lead a call this morning outling the results, joned by General Ronald Keys, USAF (Ret.), Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), Admiral John Nathman, USN (Ret.),  General Gordan Sullivan, USA (Ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and former Space Shuttle commander and NREL Director Vice Admiral Richard Truly, USN (Ret.), among others.

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