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Tom Ridge
Tom Ridge was the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania and the first U.S. secretary of homeland security.
Paul Spella / The Atlantic
My Fellow Conservatives Are Out of Touch on the Environment
By abandoning a major issue, my party is hurting itself politically.
Tom Ridge
April 22, 2020