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...mirage, a minor reshuffling of programs that already exist or a reinstatement of those cut in previous years. At least one of Bush's proposals-the goal of reducing our dependence on "Middle Eastern" oil 75% by 2025-resulted in an embarrassing retreat. Bush's Energy Secretary, Samuel Bodman, retracted the pledge a day later, saying the President had offered an "example," not a promise...
...House Science Committee, met with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Josh Bolten to press for more money for scientific research, Boehlert found Bolten unexpectedly receptive. Later that day, four Cabinet Secretaries showed up for a meeting on scientific research held at the Commerce Department. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman surprised Boehlert by staying all day. Although the Congressman has been advocating increased scientific research for years, Boehlert says, "Now it was getting the visibility." Soon Bush himself was pushing the proposals through the OMB, which often rips such initiatives apart...
...editors: I read with interest Samuel Simon’s thoughtful essay on the socio-economic composition of the U.S. military (“Who Really Serves?,” column, Jan. 19), and agree with his conclusion that liberals (or conservatives who are against the war, for that matter, since there are many) need to move beyond a solely class-based analysis both in their rhetoric and politics. Simon deserves credit for the way he deconstructs the statistics cited by the pro-war Heritage Institute, demonstrating the principle that statistics cited out of context tend to represent a selective...
...editors: A recent op-ed by Samuel M. Simon that cites my research (“Who Really Serves?,” column, Jan. 19) was brought to my attention, and I wanted to express my thanks for your interest. I agree with pretty much all of Simon’s analysis, so was a bit surprised when he also wrote that my Heritage Foundation study has “some serious flaws.” One of the things Simon might have meant is that the paper’s recruit data are from 1999 and 2003, which...
...Staff writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...