Researchers leaving the US over funding cuts and politicization of…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScientists are leaving the country over federal funding cuts, and Skip Waverly has found one of them, live, on her way out.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip, where are you?

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside a departures curb, Hank, and behind me a woman is checking a bag full of fish research.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThis is the one that finally earns me a seat at the anchor desk, and I can practically taste it.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentWith me is Halley Froehlich. Her family has been in America since the 1700s, and she's moving to Finland. Why now?

6. HF

   Halley FroehlichFive years of guaranteed funding. My family got through three centuries here, and I got through one grant cycle.

7. HF

   Halley FroehlichI'll be studying fish, shellfish and seaweed at the University of Helsinki.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe White House says Trump is ending waste and is committed to funding real science. Your reaction?

9. HF

   Halley FroehlichI'd say the seaweed is going to Finland whether the paperwork is waste or not.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGood work, Skip. That was a clear shot.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA clear shot? Hank, is that a promotion?