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“Decimating the nation’s core scientific enterprise, even as costly and deadly climate change impacts and extreme weather events worsen, flies in the face of logic, common sense and fiscal responsibility,” Declet-Barreto said.

“Business leaders certainly have the right to fly in the face of employee sentiment and published evidence. That’s their prerogative,” said Klotz.

Enver Solomon, CEO of the charity, said the government's move "flies in the face of reason".

Mideast policy, but appeared to fly in the face of the president’s publicly stated wish for an overarching regional peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia — an accomplishment he has said would merit a Nobel prize.

The Ronald Reagan appointee said the move from Trump's administration "boggles the mind" and flies in the face of long-established interpretations of the 14th Amendment.