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How the mighty have fallen

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In 1957, science advisers were brought into the White House as the President's Science Advisory Committee. Its demise has deprived the US government of invaluable counsel.

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  1. Richard Garwin is IBM fellow emeritus at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA and a former member of the PSAC.,

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