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John Holdren: adviser on science, fish and wine

Nature volume 457, pages 942–943 (2009)Cite this article

Confirmation for Obama's candidate.

John Holdren, US President Barack Obama's choice as chief science adviser, faced a single criticism during his otherwise gentle Senate confirmation hearing on 12 February: over the years he had warned of disasters that have yet to materialize.

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Tollefson, J. John Holdren: adviser on science, fish and wine. Nature 457, 942–943 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457942b

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