* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to
influence national science
policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates
over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or
economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)