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Editorial
Nature 436, 1 (7 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436001a; Published online 6 July 2005
Climate of distrust
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Abstract
Six months into President George W. Bush's second term of office, partisan politics continues to widen the gulf between researchers and the administration.
The story has become so familiar that new twists in the plot cease to outrage. Time after time, in agency after agency, political factors have prevented US science from serving its time-honoured role in informing government decisions.
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