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On the recordJune 18, 2024
In Eisenhower's very prescient farewell speech, he not only warned us about the military industrial complex, he warned us about government funding of research.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson references Eisenhower's warning about government-funded research influencing scientists.

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