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InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned.
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InternetNews March 7, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most.
Chemistry World November 17, 2010 Rebecca Trager	US science agencies poised for tough times Current political and economic conditions in the US could mean bad news for the nation's science agencies and the researchers.
Chemistry World January 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	'Research bank' idea floated to support US science agencies A proposal to create a 'research bank' that would be administered by a public -- private partnership is being floated as a way to bolster US research agencies funding in times of austerity.
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Reason May 2008 Veronique de Rugy	The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all.
Chemistry World July 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies get extra millions The US research community has won an extra $400 million for four science agencies, after successfully arguing that the nation's scientific enterprise is in a state of emergency.
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Chemistry World September 19, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Senate looks to trim $162 million from NSF US Senators plan to cut the National Science Foundation's budget by 2.4 per cent to $6.7 billion ( 4.2 billion) in 2012, and this $162 million reduction has set alarm bells ringing throughout the research community.
Chemistry World January 7, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US Science Budget Fails to Deliver Although the 2008 budget has proved disappointing to the US science community, a light is on the horizon.
Geotimes November 2007 Linda Rowan	Science Legislation: America COMPETES, Geeks Rule and Everybody Wins The 110th Congress went into its August recess having successfully passed a major measure for physical science research and science and engineering education.
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Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Rebecca Trager	Basic research bill backed in US The Democrats have scored big in a political fight underway in the US Congress over legislation to expand government funding for basic research and science programs.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 John Keller	2009 DOD budget: A Safe Bet We'll have a new president by the time the next DOD budget request comes out, and Bush looks like he has left any hard decisions up to the next chief executive.
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Chemistry World March 30, 2012 Patrick Walter	Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink.
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	While More Research is Directed to Irregular Combat, War Spending Could Deter Advances in Military Weapons Irregular insurgents have not only have forced military commanders to rethink their strategies and tactics, but they also have set off a transformation in how defense researchers and scientists think about developing new technology.
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National Defense March 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future.
Science News March 14, 2009 Laura Sanders	U.S. Science Remains Far From 'its Rightful Place' Rush Holt, a plasma physicist by training, represents New Jersey's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress and discusses the state of science and science funding in the United States.
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Reason January 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Bush's Regulatory Kiss-Off Obama's assertions to the contrary, the 43rd president was the biggest regulator since Nixon.
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Chemistry World November 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US universities face federal R&D funding fall American universities experienced a continuing decline in federal research and development funding in fiscal year 2014, according to new data from the US National Science Foundation.