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A Science Advisor is Necessary for the Executive Branch to Effectively Approach Global Warming


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"President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed James Killian, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to become the first special assistant to the president for science and technology. Ever since, the relationship between the nation’s chief executive and the White House’s resident authority on nuclear fission, the workings of DNA and the greenhouse effect, among an array of topics, has had its highs and lows...

the new chief executive should hire a leading scientist. In collaboration with the rest of the community, the official should be allowed to assume a prominent, unimpeded role in helping to influence the crafting of policies that address climate change, missile defense and stem cells. The war on cancer—and a host of other research initiatives—should once again take precedence over the war on science."


And guess who abolished this progressive and formerly influential position?
None other than Richard Nixon...

George Bush restored the position, but like many of his other half-assed attempts to look progressive, the power of the position paled in comparison to the influence it had during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years.
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