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Biden Tours Western Fire Center And Tells Firefighters, 'You Saved Lake Tahoe'

The president viewed the wildfire ravaged West Monday, to renew warnings about climate change its role in extreme weather and fire events.
Western wildfires have given Boise, Idaho, one of its smokiest summers on record. President Biden visited the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise on Monday.

Traveling through the drought-stricken West Monday, President Biden used his bully pulpit to sound the alarm about climate change and accompanying extreme weather events and worsening wildfires.

In Boise, Idaho, Biden huddled with state and federal leaders at the National Interagency Fire Center, where the country's wildland fire apparatus

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