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This is like when Gingrich killed OTA to make room for lobbyists and consultants to run roughshod. Guarantee this is going to lead to a fat contract for someone

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> According to Science magazine, "some Republican lawmakers came to view [the OTA] as duplicative, wasteful, and biased against their party."

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"biased against their party" is both depressing and sad given the low standing of scientific knowledge in the modern GOP.

Perhaps a space-based missile defense system?

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