How Trump cuts could threaten US science leadership: This Is America
Since America's founding, scientists here have made discoveries that have changed the world. Benjamin Franklin harnessing electricity. Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone. Jonas Salk
Since America's founding, scientists here have made discoveries that have changed the world. Benjamin Franklin harnessing electricity. Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone. Jonas Salk discovering a vaccine for polio. But now the next generation of research is under threat.
The Trump administration has pulled or threatened to withdraw billions of dollars in funding for hundreds of science and research programmes that benefit people across the world. So, what are the consequences of these cuts to America's scientific leadership?
Presenter: Alex Marquardt Guests Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director of the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS. Stephen Ezell, Vice President for Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
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