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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
U.S. scientists sign letter to Trump: Preserve the Iran Deal.
U.S. scientists sign letter to Trump: Preserve the Iran Deal.
Doug Mills/The New York Times
As first reported by The New York Times,
37 of the top scientists in the United States signed a letter addressed
directly to president-elect Donald Trump, underscoring the urgency of
maintaining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran
Deal.
Six
among the 37 scientists who endorsed the letter have been affiliated
with the Federation of American Scientists, including the letter's key
organizer, Richard L. Garwin (former Board of Trustees member and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient).
Other FAS-affiliated signatories include:
The late Sidney Drell (Board of Sponsors, former)
Freeman Dyson (Chair, former)
Charles Ferguson (President)
Martin Hellman (Board of Experts)
Frank von Hippel (Board of Trustees)
Please
note that all organizations associated with the signatories reflect
their professional affiliations and are for identification purposes
only. Individual endorsements do not reflect an organizational
endorsement by the Federation of American Scientists.
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