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Got Issues? The Candidates and Science

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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The next President needs a pretty impressive resume--skilled in diplomacy and building consensus quick to understand policy and, with a 150 billion dollar research budget, science. With that in mind, scientists and others have been calling for a debate on scientific topics, and it's now scheduled for April. Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. we'll continue our analysis of the issues in the campaigns with a look what the presidential hopefuls are saying and proposing about science, technology and the environment.

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Environment, Government/Politics, Community/Human Interest, Energy, Technology

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Mary Wooley, President, Research America
Andrew Revkin, The New York Times
Jeffrey Mervis, Deputy News Editor, Science Magazine

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