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Teller's testimony against [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] in 1954 created a backlash against him by liberal scientists.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10TELL.html?ex=1378612800&en=527a0430768a87c7&ei=5007</ref>
Teller's testimony against [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] in 1954 created a backlash against him by liberal scientists.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10TELL.html?ex=1378612800&en=527a0430768a87c7&ei=5007</ref>
The hearings resulted in the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] taking away Oppenheimer's security clearance. Teller testified, "I feel I would prefer to see the vital interests of this country in hands that I understand better and therefore trust more."
The hearings resulted in the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] taking away Oppenheimer's security clearance. Teller testified, "I feel I would prefer to see the vital interests of this country in hands that I understand better and therefore trust more."
Teller set up the second major US atomic research lab, [[Lawrence Livermore National Lab]]
== Advisor to president Reagan ==
A conservative academic physicist, Teller later supported President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s missile defense proposal known as the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]
==Global warming==
==Global warming==