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Biomedicine, defense to sidestep budget ax

By Peter Weiss

- More than 2 years ago

A massive tax cut, a record defense budget, and a swipe at the congressional pork barrel are putting the squeeze on most categories of science and technology funding for next year.

A research unit of the National Zoo, which has reestablished populations of near-extinct animals such as this black-footed ferret, would lose all funding in the President’s FY 2002 budget request.