Chuck Hajil, former US Defense Secretary, and former US national security officials, including two great people from Donald Trump The first period, on Tuesday warned that China The United States in the fields of critical technology and urged Congress to increase the financing of federal scientific research.
The appeal comes a week after the National Science Corporation (NSF), which funds science research, 170 people in response to Donald Trump’s order to reduce the federal workforce. A NSF spokesman declined to comment on reports that hundreds of workers’ demobilization were possible and that the agency’s budget could be reduced by billions.
Former envoys want Congress to offer at least $ 16 billion at least for NSF in the fiscal year 2025, according to a message that Reuters headed to Trump, John Thun, the majority leader of the Senate, and Mike Johnson, Speaker of the American House of Representatives.
The letter said: “China is making major strategic investments in basic and applied research and puts the country for our superiority in the critical areas that can determine the results of future conflicts.” “This is a race we cannot lose.”
Former officials have identified support for NSF technology, innovation and partnerships (TIP) that was established in 2022, which they see as important to convert research into vital practical applications of American military capabilities and economic power.
Twenty -one people, or more than 20 % of the party employees, were launched last week, according to a source that spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of revenge. Another source, who was not permitted to speak publicly, said that nearly 20 % are more weak federal employees.
China led the world in just three of 64 critical technologies between 2003 and 2007, and said the letter, citing the Australian Institute of Strategic Policies. As of 2023, it leads in 57 of these technologies.
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Among the former officials who signed the message with Haggel Chris Miller, the acting minister of defense during the first period of Trump, and the former home security adviser to Trump.
