Invitee Comments: Sidney Drell 
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My comments are brief. The Science Advisor's Office has indeed been upgraded, but in the area of National Security, to the best of my understanding, has no significant role. I have other concerns about the quality of science and technology in various parts of the national security apparatus in Washington but I prefer to present them verbally when we meet. A new problem for science and technology is the tremendous impedance introduced into the Visa granting process that is disrupting and/or delaying students from abroad, and in some cases, visitors from abroad attending scientific conferences. In the long run, unless that is improved, it certainly will prove to be quite harmful.

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Posted 10.04.02