New Reviews Planned for Visa Applicants Who Want to Study Sensitive Subjects

The Bush administration announced plans last week to create a federal panel to increase the scrutiny of applicants for student or exchange-visitor visas who want to study or conduct research in certain sensitive science and technology fields that are "uniquely available" in the United States.

The new committee, the Interagency Panel for Advanced Science and Security, will be created under a presidential directive or executive order that will be issued "as soon as possible," possibly

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