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THE FUTURE OF U.S. SCIENCE POLICY
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The Scientist
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September 1, 2008
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With an administration change at hand, research could come out of the shadows and into the political light.
In late 2001, the George W. Bush Administration stripped the Office of Science and Technology Policy director John Marburger of his official title - "assistant to the president" - and moved the office from its longtime home in the Old Executive Building in the White House complex to a site blocks removed from the Oval Office. It was a short distance, but symbolic, say critics of how the administration has handled science.
On top of frequent news articles quoting accusations of government meddling in science over the past few years, scientists have lamented the plateauing of the ...