New AAAS Security Center Holds First Congressional Briefing

The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, founded this year to build new connections between scientists, research institutions and federal policy-makers, held its first briefing on 13 December for a select audience of congressional staffers in Washington D.C.

The 90-minute briefing was organized at the request of the office of Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, and featured two top scholars on the science and potential security applications of lasers.

"This is an important milestone," said Norman Neureiter, the accomplished scientist, diplomat and international business executive who became director of the new center in May.

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