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We want to congratulate President-elect Obama on continuing to assemble an outstanding science team.
A few days ago we told you about the appointment of Steven Chu as Energy Secretary.
Today we have two more outstanding appointments to announce:
1.
We have learned that John Holdren will be President Obama's Science
Advisor. John has an excellent knowledge of science policy, and a deep
understanding of how the public needs the government to engage on
science policy issues. He is a recent past president of the AAAS and
an early and ardent Science Debate 2008 supporter. You can watch a
1-minute video he did for us last February, promoting a primary science debate at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
2.
Jane Lubchenco, we're told, will head up President Obama's National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admninistration (NOAA). She is an outstanding
choice with a deep background in marine biology. Jane is also a past
AAAS president, and also an early supporter of Science Debate 2008.
When we issued candidate invitations to an Oregon debate, Jane was a
close advisor. Here's a 1-minute video of her.
Why are these choices so important? Here is a 1-minute video
President-elect Obama's transition chief, John Podesta, did for us
earlier this year that answers that. Clearly, this is a man who gets
it, working, it seems, for a president who gets it.
Our
warmest congratulations to President-elect Obama, his transition team,
and to Holdren and Lubchenco on these outstanding appointments.
They
will go a long way toward beginning to turn U.S. Science policy around
to get our economy, our environment, and our research and energy
infrastructure back on track.
Thank you, as always, for your support.
-The team at ScienceDebate2008.com
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