Not exact matches
A recent letter from the AAAS and 28 other prominent
scientific and higher education organizations urged President - elect Donald Trump to quickly appoint a «nationally
respected leader» as science advisor, given that
scientific questions are deeply involved in almost every issue the president will deal with, from national security to agriculture.
«We continue to urge President Trump to promptly name a
respected leader of the
scientific community to serve as science adviser to the president,» said Holt, who also serves as the executive publisher of the Science family of journals.
We encourage the nation's political
leaders to demonstrate a
respect for
scientific truths in word and deed.
The heads of 29 top U.S.
scientific and higher - education organizations — including Rush Holt, CEO of AAAS — wrote to President - elect Donald Trump on November 23, urging him to quickly appoint a «nationally
respected leader with appropriate engineering,
scientific, management and policy skills» to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.
And the
leaders of 29
scientific societies signed a 23 November letter encouraging Trump to choose a «nationally
respected» science adviser without delay.
Soon after the election, Holt, a physicist and former Democratic congressman from New Jersey, and 28 other
leaders of
scientific organizations wrote a letter to President - elect Trump asking for a meeting and urging Trump to appoint quickly a
respected science adviser.
It is «essential that you be prepared to quickly appoint a science adviser who is a nationally
respected leader with the appropriate
scientific, management and policy skills necessary for this critically important role,» the letters said.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has reaffirmed the position of its Board of Directors and the
leaders of 18
respected organizations, who concluded based on multiple lines of
scientific evidence that global climate change caused by human activities is now underway, and it is a growing threat to society.
«
Leaders who not only invested in our scientists, but who
respected the integrity of the
scientific process.»