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President-elect Barack Obama seems to share this dissatisfaction, promising in speeches that he will reverse some of Bush's policies and otherwise make scientific research a priority. Whatever that may mean practically, scientists are no doubt eager to take advantage of the changing mood, and panelists and Congressional representatives made their case Monday that basic research is not a luxury to be indulged during good times, but in fact a main driver of economic growth...
...that the environmental community is pleased with President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed green team would be an understatement. "You see this smile on my face?" asked Paul Woods, CEO of the biofuel start-up Algenol, giving a tour last week of one of his firm's field laboratories in Florida. "It's not going away. Everyone is really excited by this...
...will just be yet another day of final examinations. While many students have petitioned to have exams moved in light of the presidential inauguration, exams should be taken as normal. While it is unfortunate that there are some students who wish to attend the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, Harvard cannot be seen to—and should not—allow partisan reasons to supercede academic requirements. While the decision to retain the current exam schedule is an appropriate one, the attitude of the Administrative Board toward granting exceptions for individual students has been extraordinarily opaque...
...appointment is what exactly her newly created position, officially titled Energy Coordinator, will entail. "Carol understands that our efforts to create jobs, achieve energy security and combat climate change demand integration among different agencies, cooperation between federal, state and local governments and partnership with the private sector," President-elect Obama said at a press conference to announce her nomination. Browner, herself a member of Obama's transition board, mentioned earlier this month that the new position would not change the duties of the Secretaries of Energy and Interior or the Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Her role seems to be that...
...that's just one of several thorny issues likely to make success in Afghanistan harder to achieve than in Iraq - unless the U.S. scales back its ambitious goals for the country. Such a rethink may be in the cards, U.S. military officers say, as internal U.S. reviews and President-elect Barack Obama give the seven-year war a fresh look...