The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) national meeting invited the major presidential candidates to participate in a forum on science policy. The event happened spontaneously and because of the short time frame only two campaigns sent advisers to tell the scientists how they would treat science in a new administration.
Senator Hillary Clinton sent her science policy adviser Tom Kalil while Senator Barack Obama sent his science and technology adviser Alec Ross. Governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign and Ron Paul’s campaign did not respond to the request. Senator John McCain’s campaign said it didn’t have enough notice to get anyone to Boston in time for the forum.
Listen to the full audio recording below. (It’s an hour and seven minutes long.) Each campaign does an eight-minute introduction, outlining his candidate’s position on science and technology. The discussion is moderated by New York Times science writer Claudia Dreifus.
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