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Leaders of the scientific community \u2013\u00a0most of whom<\/a>\u00a0are also Democrats<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0are voicing<\/a>\u00a0relief<\/a>\u00a0now that the Trump administration\u00a0has nominated<\/a>\u00a0Kelvin Droegemeier to direct the White House Office of Science and Technology.\u00a0This office<\/a>\u00a0has been\u00a0leaderless since Trump assumed office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Droegemeier, a\u00a0well-respected meteorologist<\/a>\u00a0specializing in severe weather such as thunderstorms, has also served\u00a0on the advisory board of the U.S. National Science Foundation<\/a>. He would bring a\u00a0mainstream scientific voice<\/a>\u00a0into an administration that is often portrayed as somewhere between apathetic and\u00a0hostile about matters relating to science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But those who expect Droegemeier to provide any sort of counterweight to administration policies will likely be disappointed. The history of presidential science advising shows that the effectiveness of science advisers is determined not by how much they know, but by how closely they are in step with the political priorities of the administration they serve.<\/p>\n

Science advisers are on the team<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The\u00a0role of presidential science adviser was formalized<\/a>\u00a0in the shadow of the Sputnik launch, when President Eisenhower named MIT president James R. Killian to the newly created post of \u201cspecial assistant to the president for science and technology\u201d in November 1957. Killian, who in fact was not a scientist but had a mere bachelor\u2019s degree in management, was expected not only to lend expertise to the White House but, according to a\u00a0New York Times article<\/a>\u00a0at the time, to \u201callay public fears concerning scientific achievements by the Soviet Union.\u201d
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Jerome Wiesner had a seat at the table (second from left) in the Kennedy White House. AP Photo\/Byron Rollins<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Killian helped to oversee a rapid expansion of government investment in science, an agenda that satisfied both his scientific colleagues and the political aims of President Eisenhower. But such alignment of science advice and presidential politics is far from inevitable.<\/p>\n

Several years later, President Kennedy\u2019s science adviser, Jerome Wiesner,\u00a0advised against<\/a>sending a man to the moon, counsel that was decisively rejected, with momentous historical consequences. A decade later, President Nixon got so fed up with advice he was getting on missile defense and supersonic transport that in 1973 he\u00a0eliminated the science adviser post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the support of Congress, Nixon\u2019s successor, Gerald Ford,\u00a0reestablished the position of science adviser<\/a>\u00a0in 1976, as head of a newly created Office of Science and Technology Policy. But the age of innocence was over, and only the most na\u00efve observers could continue to believe that presidential science advice could somehow be held separate from national politics.<\/p>\n

Under President Reagan, science adviser George Keyworth II, a nuclear physicist,\u00a0aggressively advocated<\/a>\u00a0for the president\u2019s highly controversial \u201cstar wars\u201d missile defense system and notably\u00a0attacked the news media<\/a>\u00a0as \u201ca narrow fringe element on the far left of our society\u201d because of alleged bias against administration policies.<\/p>\n

More recently, President Obama\u2019s science adviser, John Holdren, also a physicist, was an\u00a0outspoken advocate<\/a>\u00a0for the president\u2019s energy and environmental policies. In their times,\u00a0Keyworth<\/a>\u00a0and<\/a>\u00a0Holdren<\/a>\u00a0were both subjected to energetic critique from those in politics and the media who disagreed with the positions that each advanced.
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John Marburger (left) knew his job was to back up the president. AP Photo\/White House, Chris Greenberg<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Most notable in this regard, however, was John Marburger, also a physicist, and science adviser to Republican President George W. Bush. Marburger in fact was a Democrat, a respected scientist and university administrator, and unlike Keyworth and Holdren was a low-profile player in White House politics. But\u00a0he was skewered<\/a>\u00a0by Democrats in Congress and their allies in the scientific community for failing to oppose Bush policies on issues\u00a0such as stem cell research and climate change<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 even though he would surely have been fired had he done so.<\/p>\n

Science advisers are not apolitical nerds, high-level versions of Bill Nye the Science Guy on tap to answer a president\u2019s questions about why the sky is blue or how a bar-code scanner works. Science advisers are political players on a political team, and above all, Trump\u2019s choice of Droegemeier must be understood in that vein.<\/p>\n

A challenge ahead for nominee<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Yet Droegemeier represents a somewhat bizarre choice. Trump could have chosen a science adviser with expertise relevant to administration policy priorities, such as\u00a0defense buildup<\/a>,\u00a0restoring the manufacturing base<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0undoing environmental regulations<\/a>. Given his skepticism about climate change, Trump could even have chosen a science adviser with similar views.\u00a0Early rumors suggested<\/a>\u00a0he would do just that.
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Instead, in Droegemeier he has selected an expert on weather and climate who seems \u2013 although his public statements on the matter are few \u2013 to agree with most other climate scientists that human activities are contributing to a changing climate. So Droegemeier comes into his job holding a view that sharply contradicts a conspicuous public position taken by the president. As we have seen, this is not a proven formula for success.<\/p>\n

Why Droegemeier, then? For one thing, within the Trump administration he likely has the support of NASA director and fellow Oklahoman Jim Bridenstine, at least in part because Droegemeier supported Bridenstine\u2019s nomination for the NASA directorship by\u00a0providing public assurances<\/a>that Bridenstine was not a climate skeptic. For another, Droegemeier has the\u00a0endorsement<\/a>\u00a0of Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, a powerful Trump ally\u00a0who is a climate skeptic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So perhaps Droegemeier\u2019s selection is just a matter of smart political triangulation: A man who has the confidence of political leaders of a state where Trump won with\u00a0more than 65 percent of the vote<\/a>, and also just happens to have unimpeachable scientific credentials, is a rare political commodity.<\/p>\n

Assuming he\u2019s confirmed by the Senate, whatever role Droegemeier ends up playing will be one of service to the political agenda of the Trump administration. Given that Democrats have over the past 15 years or more\u00a0sought to portray themselves<\/a>\u00a0as the party of science, Droegemeier will find it difficult to maintain his stellar reputation as a scientist while also advocating policies that Democrats and their allies in the scientific community oppose. He should expect severe political weather for the next few years.<\/p>\n

Author Bio: <\/strong>Daniel Sarewitz is a Professor of Science and Society, Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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