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Budget

Declining Federal Investment In Basic Research Will Hurt Future Capabilities, INSA Warns

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, April 5th, 2013

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Federal spending on research and development has more than doubled in the last 20 years but resources for development have come at the expense of basic and applied research, which spells trouble for future capabilities that the national security establishment will need, warns a new report by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). Moreover, the decline in funding for research will also impact the nation’s talent pool as “the lack of investment in basic research will affect the number…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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