Saturday, June 12, 2010, top retired military leaders and veterans, along with local elected officials, will host a Town Hall meeting to discuss the connection between climate change and national security, and call for passage of comprehensive climate and energy legislation. They will encourage Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) to stop funding terrorism and defend America by supporting the American Power Act.  The veterans will also underscore previous efforts by both Senators to secure America with clean energy.

The veterans will highlight the fact that oil money funds terrorism around the world and that the Defense Department has called climate change a threat to national security.

WHAT: Town Hall Meeting with veterans and Maine native Maj. General Don Edwards, US Army (ret.)

WHERE: Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101

WHEN: Saturday, June 12 @ 11:30 a.m.

Earlier this year, the US Defense Department identified climate change as a strategic threat to international security. Read more about this <http://www.operationfree.net/2010/02/01/dod-says-climate-change-is-a-threat/> .

Operation Free is a coalition of veterans and national security organizations dedicated to securing America with clean energy. Operation Free sponsors the Veterans for American Power National Tour, a 29 state tour by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans making the connection between energy policy and national security. Learn more at www.OperationFree.net <http://www.OperationFree.net> . Operation Free is an advocacy campaign of the Truman National Security Project.