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riversedge

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Sat Feb 22, 2025, 08:20 PM Feb 22

"It's just such a waste of American talent," said Fiona Coleman, a terminated federal scientist, her voice cracking wit [View all]

Great article--yet so sad.



“It’s just such a waste of American talent,” said Fiona Coleman, a terminated federal scientist, her voice cracking with emotion as she described the long years of schooling and training she and her colleagues went through to serve the government.










............To scientists abroad, the situation in the US government has marked American institutions and researchers as potentially unreliable partners, several federal workers told me.


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