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The Line: Lab Officials Used Federal Funds to Lobby

A rainbow in the sky.

July 17, 2015 – This week the Center for Public Integrity released a report on the use of federal funds by officials at Sandia National Laboratories to lobby against their competition for a federal contract. Gene Grant and the line opinion panelists discuss the significance of this news story. What do you think? Share your…

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The Line: Trinity Downwinders

A plaque that says trinity site where the world's first nuclear device was exploded on july 5th, 1945.

July 17, 2015 – The first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico 70 years ago and a group of people, known as the Trinity Downwinders, continue to ask the federal government to study how the test affected the health of people who were in the area at that time. Our line opinion panelists shared their…

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