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The Evolving Role of Presidential Science Advisors How important are a president's advisors when it comes to making decisions that deal with science and technology? Scientist Roger Pielke, Jr. interviewed seven of the 14 most recent presidential science advisors, who served under presidents from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush.

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The Evolving Role of Presidential Science Advisors

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How important are a president's advisors when it comes to making decisions that deal with science and technology? Scientist Roger Pielke, Jr. interviewed seven of the 14 most recent presidential science advisors, who served under presidents from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush.

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Roger Pielke, Jr., author of The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics; former director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research; professor in the environmental studies program at the University of Colorado

Neal Lane, former presidential science advisor under Bill Clinton; professor and senior fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University