1.0 link 25655 <![CDATA[NASA Suffers Another Blow To Its Mission To Protect The Planet]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/nasa-suffers-another-blow_b_25655.html It's not a presidential duty to fundamentally alter the mission of government institutions to conform to an ideological agenda or for the benefit of wealthy donors and industry buddies. Yet time and again, President Bush has done exactly that.

The latest example comes at NASA, where the White House has quietly altered the mission statement of this 48-year-old agency, eliminating language describing the most important aspect of its critical work -- "to understand and protect our home planet."

It's truly chilling that...

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