Biden is introducing his science team: pscp.tv/w/1DXGyRlbgPyJM
It's the first time the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has all-female leadership.
[adjusts glasses]

Biden said FDR asked his "science advisor" for guidance in 1944.

But there was no such thing. He asked Vannevar Bush, an unofficial advisor. But there was no such thing as a presidential science advisor for another seven years.

[unadjusts glasses]
Here's what Vannevar Bush produced, The Endless Frontier: nsf.gov/od/lpa/nsf50/v…
Eric Lander, in his speech accepting the nomination just now, ended by saying he is excited to extend "the endless frontiers of science." That's a direct reference to Vannevar Bush's report.
IMPORTANT: New science advisor has best mustache game since Reagan's last advisor William Robert Graham.
Trump waited 557 days into his term before even nominating a science advisor. Biden waited negative five days.

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