AAAS CEO Quotes: 7-24-09: AAAS CEO describes political interference with health research as "extremely dangerous"
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AAAS Chief Executive Officer Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., executive publisher of the journal Science, offered the following comment regarding a proposed amendment to the House Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, Health, and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. The amendment, set forth by U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California), reportedly was scheduled for discussion on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, July 24, 2009.
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