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Table of Contents | Preface | Acknowledgements | Former Members | Exec Secretaries/Officers | Timeline | ![]() |
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THE 1970'STURBULENCE AND TRANSITIONAs American involvement in the Vietnam War continued, conflict over the war dominated national life.
Soon after President Richard M. Nixon was re-elected in 1972, the Watergate scandal further divided the
Nation and eroded the public's confidence in government. The Administration sought to deploy an
antiballistic missile (ABM) system and to develop a supersonic transport (SST) aircraft, projects that
ran into scientists' technical criticisms. The public also was disillusioned with technology projects that
seemed too far removed from the riots, poverty, racial injustice, and pollution that were blighting
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