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American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity. It is the world's largest general scientific society, with over 120,000 members, and is the publisher of the well-known scientific journal 'Science,' which has a weekly circulation of 138,549. Wikipedia*

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American Association for the Advancement of Science has hosted 23 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1987 Speech. The year with the most events was 2013 with three events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2014 with an average of 721 views per video. Most appearances with Albert H. Teich (3), Sidney N. Graybeal (2), John P. Holdren (2). Most common tags: Science & Technology, Department of Defense, Western Europe.

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