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Science 15 October 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5439, p. 391
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5439.391b
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DIPLOMACY:
Gibbons Joins Effort to Boost Science at State

David Malakoff

The State Department now has a 12-step self-help plan for producing science-savvy diplomats. A National Academy of Sciences panel last week sent Secretary of State Madeline Albright a dozen recommendations for rebuilding her department's depleted expertise in science, technology, and health. But while top diplomats welcome the ideas in the new report--and have asked former White House science advisor Jack Gibbons to help put them into practice--they say a budget crunch could slow progress.

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