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50 years later: O'Keefe discusses past and future space exploration
Former NASA Administrator and University Professor Sean O'Keefe spoke with several media outlets about the July 20, 1969, landing of Apollo 11 on the moon and the possibility of future space exploration. "It is a common aspirational goal as big as what we saw in the 1960s," O’Keefe told the Gazette. "Could we see convergence around a common goal that could benight this era? Absolutely."
See related: Space Exploration, United States
Reeher quoted in Press-Republican article on NY, Trump's tax returns
Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, says that Governor Cuomo's signing of new legislation that allows Congressional committees to acquire President Trump's New York tax filings "represents a new escalation in the level of political polarization that we're seeing."
See related: Congress, Political Parties, State & Local, Taxation, United States
Monmonier quoted in National Parks article on renaming landmarks
"With a name that has been around for quite some time, the likelihood of getting it changed is not that great," says Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography.
See related: Federal, Maps, United States
Boroujerdi quoted in National Interest article on Iran's IRGC
Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi says "their performance in the war gave them a seat at the proverbial power table," about Iranian militiamen in an article for the National Interest.
See related: Defense & Security, Middle East & North Africa
Reeher comments on Jordan's proposed gun legislation in Jerusalem Post
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Gun Laws, Middle East & North Africa, National Security
Veterans Program for Politics featured on Connecting Vets radio
See related: Education, Government, New York State, State & Local, Veterans
Lovely discusses possible outcomes of Trump-Xi meeting on Bloomberg
"We're looking at politics here so he [President Trump] may be looking for some gigantic sign that he has won, that he as somehow brought the Chinese to the table in a way that no one else could," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "And I think that's where the danger lies because that's what the Chinese are not going to want to give him."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Federal, Government, United States
Taylor discusses Putinism on CNAS podcast
See related: Economic Policy, Government, Russia
Reeher weighs in on Gillibrand's legislative victories in PolitiFact
According to Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, it can be difficult to measure how much a lawmaker worked behind the scenes to advance legislation, because the paper trail isn’t always clear.
See related: Congress, New York State, State & Local
Lovely comments on multilateral trade, G20 summit in Japan Times
See related: Economic Policy, Political Parties, Trade, United States