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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">FOR
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">April 27,
2009<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Remarks
of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for
Delivery<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME
w:st="on"><B><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">National</SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:PLACENAME><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"></SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:PLACE></ST1:PLACENAME><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"> <ST1:PLACETYPE u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE
w:st="on">Academy</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACETYPE></FONT></B></ST1:PLACE><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> of
Sciences<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:CITY u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY
w:st="on"><B><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Washington</SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:CITY><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"></SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">, <ST1:STATE u4:st="on"><ST1:STATE
w:st="on">DC</ST1:STATE></ST1:STATE></FONT></B></ST1:PLACE><O:P></O:P></DIV><U1:P></U1:P>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">April
27, 2009<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">It is my privilege to
address the distinguished members of the National Academy of Sciences, as well
as the leaders of the National Academy of Engineering and the <ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE
w:st="on">Institute</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE></ST1:PLACETYPE> of<ST1:PLACENAME
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME
w:st="on">Medicine</ST1:PLACENAME></ST1:PLACENAME></ST1:PLACE> who have
gathered here this morning.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">I’d like to begin today
with a story of a previous visitor who also addressed this august
body.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In April of 1921, Albert
Einstein visited the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">United
States</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> for
the first time. His international celebrity was growing as scientists around the
world began to understand and accept the vast implications of his theories of
special and general relativity. He attended this annual meeting, and after
sitting through a series of long speeches by others, he reportedly said, “I have
just got a new theory of eternity.” I’ll do my best to heed this cautionary
tale.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The very founding of this
institution stands as a testament to the restless curiosity and boundless hope
so essential not just to the scientific enterprise, but to this experiment we
call<ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">A few months after a
devastating defeat at <ST1:CITY u4:st="on"><ST1:CITY
w:st="on">Fredericksburg</ST1:CITY></ST1:CITY>, before <ST1:CITY
u4:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Gettysburg</ST1:CITY></ST1:CITY> would be
won and <ST1:CITY u4:st="on"><ST1:CITY
w:st="on">Richmond</ST1:CITY></ST1:CITY> would fall, before the fate of
the <ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">Union</ST1:PLACE></ST1:PLACE> would be at all certain, President
Lincoln signed into law an act creating the National Academy of
Sciences.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><ST1:CITY
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Lincoln</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> refused to
accept that our nation’s sole purpose was merely to survive. He created this
academy, founded the land grant colleges, and began the work of the
transcontinental railroad, believing that we must add “the fuel of interest to
the fire of genius in the discovery… of new and useful
things.”<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This
is <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>’s
story. Even in the hardest times, and against the toughest odds, we have never
given in to pessimism; we have never surrendered our fates to chance; we have
endured; we have worked hard; we have sought out new
frontiers.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Today, of course, we face
more complex set of challenges than we ever have before: a medical system that
holds the promise of unlocking new cures and treatments – attached to a health
care system that holds the potential to bankrupt families and businesses.
A system of energy that powers our economy – but also endangers our
planet. Threats to our security that seek to exploit the very
interconnectedness and openness so essential to our prosperity. And challenges
in a global marketplace which links the derivative trader on Wall Street to the
homeowner on <ST1:STREET u4:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS u4:st="on"><ST1:STREET
w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">Main
Street</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET></ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET>, the office worker
in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on">America</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> to the factory
worker in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> –
a marketplace in which we all share in opportunity, but also in
crisis.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">At such a difficult moment,
there are those who say we cannot afford to invest in science. That support for
research is somehow a luxury at a moment defined by necessities. I fundamentally
disagree. Science is more essential for our prosperity, our security, our
health, our environment, and our quality of life than it has ever been.
And if there was ever a day that reminded us of our shared stake in science and
research, it’s today. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We are closely monitoring
the emerging cases of swine flu in the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">United
States</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.
This is obviously a cause for concern and requires a heightened state of
alert. But it is not a cause for alarm. The Department of Health and
Human Services has declared a Public Health Emergency as a precautionary tool to
ensure that we have the resources we need at our disposal to respond quickly and
effectively. I’m getting regular updates on the situation from the
responsible agencies, and the Department of Health and Human Services as well as
the Centers for Disease Control will be offering regular updates to the American
people so that they know what steps are being taken and what steps they may need
to take. But one thing is clear – our capacity to deal with a public
health challenge of this sort rests heavily on the work of our scientific and
medical community. And this is one more example of why we cannot allow our
nation to fall behind.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Unfortunately, that is
exactly what has happened.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Federal funding in the
physical sciences as a portion of our gross domestic product has fallen by
nearly half over the past quarter century. Time and again we’ve allowed the
research and experimentation tax credit, which helps businesses grow and
innovate, to lapse.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Our schools continue to
trail. Our students are outperformed in math and science by their peers
in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on">Singapore</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on">Japan</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on">England</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>,
the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on">Netherlands</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>, Hong Kong,
and <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">Korea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>,
among others. Another assessment shows American fifteen year olds ranked
25<SUP>th</SUP> in math and 21<SUP>st</SUP> in science when compared
to nations around the world.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV><U1:P></U1:P>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And we have watched as
scientific integrity has been undermined and scientific research politicized in
an effort to advance predetermined ideological
agendas.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We know that our country is
better than this.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">A half century ago, this
nation made a commitment to lead the world in scientific and technological
innovation; to invest in education, in research, in engineering; to set a goal
of reaching space and engaging every citizen in that historic mission. That was
the high water mark of<ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>’s
investment in research and development. Since then our investments have steadily
declined as a share of our national income – our GDP. As a result, other
countries are now beginning to pull ahead in the pursuit of this generation’s
great discoveries. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">I believe it is not in our
American character to follow – but to lead. And it is time for us to lead once
again. I am here today to set this goal: we will devote more than three percent
of our GDP to research and development. We will not just meet, but we will
exceed the level achieved at the height of the Space Race, through policies that
invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private
innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education
in math and science. This represents the largest commitment to scientific
research and innovation in American
history.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Just think what this will
allow us to accomplish: solar cells as cheap as paint, and green buildings that
produce all of the energy they consume; learning software as effective as a
personal tutor; prosthetics so advanced that you could play the piano again; an
expansion of the frontiers of human knowledge about ourselves and world the
around us. We can do this.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> The pursuit of
discovery half a century ago fueled our prosperity and our success as a nation
in the half century that followed. The commitment I am making today will fuel
our success for another fifty years. That is how we will ensure that our
children and their children will look back on this generation’s work as that
which defined the progress and delivered the prosperity of the
21<SUP>st</SUP> century.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This
work begins with an historic commitment to basic science and applied research,
from the labs of renowned universities to the proving grounds of innovative
companies.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act and with the support of Congress, my
administration is already providing the largest single boost to investment in
basic research in American history.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This is important right
now, as public and private colleges and universities across the country reckon
with shrinking endowments and tightening budgets. But this is also incredibly
important for our future. As Vannevar Bush, who served as scientific advisor to
President Franklin Roosevelt, famously said: “Basic scientific research is
scientific capital.” <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The fact is, an
investigation into a particular physical, chemical, or biological process might
not pay off for a year, or a decade, or at all. And when it does, the rewards
are often broadly shared, enjoyed by those who bore its costs but also by those
who did not.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That’s why the private
sector under-invests in basic science – and why the public sector must invest in
this kind of research. Because while the risks may be large, so are the rewards
for our economy and our society.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">No one can predict what new
applications will be born of basic research: new treatments in our hospitals;
new sources of efficient energy; new building materials; new kinds of crops more
resistant to heat and drought.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">It was basic research in
the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic
research in physics that would eventually produce the CAT scan. The calculations
of today’s GPS satellites are based on the equations that Einstein put to paper
more than a century ago.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In addition to the
investments in the Recovery Act, the budget I’ve proposed – and versions have
now passed both the House and Senate – builds on the historic investments in
research contained in the recovery
plan.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We double the budget of key
agencies, including the National Science Foundation, a primary source of funding
for academic research, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
which supports a wide range of pursuits – from improving health information
technology to measuring carbon pollution, from testing “smart grid” designs to
developing advanced manufacturing processes. And my budget doubles funding for
the Department of Energy’s Office of Science which builds and operates
accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, high-energy light sources, and
facilities for making nano-materials. Because we know that a nation’s potential
for scientific discovery is defined by the tools it makes available to its
researchers.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">But the renewed commitment
of our nation will not be driven by government investment alone. It is a
commitment that extends from the laboratory to the
marketplace.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That is why my budget makes
the research and experimentation tax credit permanent. This is a tax credit that
returns two dollars to the economy for every dollar we spend, by helping
companies afford the often high costs of developing new ideas, new technologies,
and new products. Yet at times we’ve allowed it to lapse or only renewed it year
to year. I’ve heard this time and again from entrepreneurs across this country:
by making this credit permanent, we make it possible for businesses to plan the
kinds of projects that create jobs and economic
growth.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Second,
in no area will innovation be more important than in the development of new
technologies to produce, use, and save energy – which is why my administration
has made an unprecedented commitment to developing a
21<SUP>st</SUP> century clean energy economy.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV><U1:P></U1:P>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Our future on this planet
depends upon our willingness to address the challenge posed by carbon pollution.
And our future as a nation depends upon our willingness to embrace this
challenge as an opportunity to lead the world in pursuit of new
discovery.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">When the <ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Soviet
Union</ST1:PLACE></ST1:PLACE> launched Sputnik a little more than a half
century ago, Americans were stunned: the Russians had beaten us to space. We had
a choice to make: we could accept defeat – or we could accept the challenge. And
as always, we chose to accept the
challenge.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">President Eisenhower signed
legislation to create NASA and to invest in science and math education, from
grade school to graduate school. And just a few years later, a month after his
address to the 1961 Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences,
President Kennedy boldly declared before a joint session of Congress that
the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">United
States</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> would
send a man to the moon and return him safely to the
earth.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The scientific community
rallied behind this goal and set about achieving it. And it would lead not just
to those first steps on the moon, but also to giant leaps in our understanding
here at home. The Apollo program itself produced technologies that have improved
kidney dialysis and water purification systems; sensors to test for hazardous
gasses; energy-saving building materials; and fire-resistant fabrics used by
firefighters and soldiers. And, more broadly, the enormous investment of that
era – in science and technology, in education and research funding – produced a
great outpouring of curiosity and creativity, the benefits of which have been
incalculable. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The fact is, there will be
no single Sputnik moment for this generation’s challenge to break our dependence
on fossil fuels. In many ways, this makes the challenge even tougher to solve –
and makes it all the more important to keep our eyes fixed on the work
ahead.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That is why I have set as a
goal for our nation that we will reduce our carbon pollution by more than 80
percent by 2050. And that is why I am pursuing, in concert with Congress, the
policies that will help us meet this
goal.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">My recovery plan provides
the incentives to double our nation’s capacity to generate renewable energy over
the next few years – extending the production tax credit, providing loan
guarantees, and offering grants to spur investment. For example, federally
funded research and development has dropped the cost of solar panels by ten-fold
over the last three decades. Our renewed efforts will ensure that solar
and other clean energy technologies will be
competitive.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">My budget includes $150
billion over ten years to invest in sources of renewable energy as well as
energy efficiency; it supports efforts at NASA, recommended as a priority by the
National Research Council, to develop new space-based capabilities to help us
better understand our changing
climate.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And today, I am also
announcing that for the first time, we are funding an initiative – recommended
by this organization – called the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy,
or ARPA-E.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This is based on the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, which was created
during the Eisenhower administration in response to Sputnik. It has been charged
throughout its history with conducting high-risk, high-reward research. The
precursor to the internet, known as ARPANET, stealth technology, and the Global
Positioning System all owe a debt to the work of
DARPA.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">ARPA-E seeks to do this
same kind of high-risk, high-reward research. My administration will also pursue
comprehensive legislation to place a market-based cap on carbon emissions. We
will make renewable energy the profitable kind of energy
in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.
And I am confident that we will find a wellspring of creativity just waiting to
be tapped by researchers in this room and entrepreneurs across our
country.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The nation that leads the
world in 21<SUP>st</SUP> century clean energy will be the nation that leads
in the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century global economy. <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> can
and must be that nation.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Third,
in order to lead in the global economy – and ensure that our businesses can grow
and innovate, and our families can thrive – we must address the shortcomings of
our health care system.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The Recovery Act will
support the long overdue step of computerizing <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>’s
medical records, to reduce the duplication, waste, and errors that cost billions
of dollars and thousands of lives.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">But it’s important to note:
these records also hold the potential of offering patients the chance to be more
active participants in prevention and treatment. We must maintain patient
control over these records and respect their privacy. At the same time, however,
we have the opportunity to offer billions and billions of anonymous data points
to medical researchers who may find in this information evidence that can help
us better understand disease.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">History also teaches us the
greatest advances in medicine have come from scientific breakthroughs: the
discovery of antibiotics; improved public health practices; vaccines for
smallpox, polio, and many other infectious diseases; anti-retroviral drugs that
can return AIDS patients to productive lives; pills that can control certain
types of blood cancers; and so many others.
<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And because of recent
progress – not just in biology, genetics and medicine, but also in physics,
chemistry, computer science, and engineering – we have the potential to make
enormous progress against diseases in the coming decades. That is why my
Administration is committed to increasing funding for the National Institutes of
Health, including $6 billion to support cancer research, part of a sustained,
multi-year plan to double cancer research in our
country.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Fourth,
we are restoring science to its rightful
place.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT></B><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">On March 9<SUP>th</SUP>, I
signed an executive memorandum with a clear message: Under my administration,
the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over. Our progress
as a nation – and our values as a nation – are rooted in free and open inquiry.
To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our
democracy.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That is why I have charged
the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy with leading a new
effort to ensure that federal policies are based on the best and most unbiased
scientific information. I want to be sure that facts are driving
scientific decisions – and not the other way
around.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">As part of this effort,
we’ve already launched a website that allows individuals to not only make
recommendations to achieve this goal, but to collaborate on those
recommendations; it is a small step, but one that is creating a more
transparent, participatory and democratic
government.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We also need to engage the
scientific community directly in the work of public policy. That is why,
today, I am announcing the appointment of the President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology, known as PCAST, with which I plan to work
closely.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This council represents
leaders from many scientific disciplines who will bring a diversity of
experiences and views. I will charge PCAST with advising me about national
strategies to nurture and sustain a culture of scientific innovation. It
will be co-chaired by John Holdren, my top science advisor; Eric Lander, one of
the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project; and Harold Varmus, former
head of the National Institutes of Health and a Nobel
laureate. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In biomedicine, for
example, this will include harnessing the historic convergence between life
sciences and physical sciences that is underway today; undertaking public
projects – in the spirit of the Human Genome Project – to create data and
capabilities that fuel discoveries in tens of thousands of laboratories; and
identifying and overcoming scientific and bureaucratic barriers to rapidly
translating scientific breakthroughs into diagnostics and therapeutics that
serve patients.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In environmental science,
it will require strengthening our weather forecasting, our earth
observation from space, the management of our nation’s land, water and
forests, and the stewardship of our coastal zones and ocean
fisheries.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We also need to work with
our friends around the world. Science, technology, and innovation proceed more
rapidly and more cost-effectively when insights, costs, and risks are shared;
and so many of the challenges that science and technology will help us meet are
global in character. This is true of our dependence on oil, the consequences of
climate change, the threat of epidemic disease, and the spread of nuclear
weapons, among other examples. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That is why my
administration is ramping up participation in – and our commitment to –
international science and technology cooperation across the many areas where it
is clearly in our interest to do so. In fact, this week, my administration is
gathering the leaders of the world’s major economies to begin the work of
addressing our common energy challenges
together.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><B><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Fifth,
since we know that the progress and prosperity of future generations will depend
on what we do now to educate the next generation, today I am announcing a
renewed commitment to education in mathematics and
science.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Through this commitment,
American students will move from the middle to the top of the pack in science
and math over the next decade. For we know that the nation that out-educates us
today – will out-compete us
tomorrow.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We cannot start soon
enough. We know that the quality of math and science teachers is the most
influential single factor in determining whether or a student will succeed or
fail in these subjects. Yet, in high school, more than twenty percent of
students in math and more than sixty percent of students in chemistry and
physics are taught by teachers without expertise in these fields. And this
problem is only going to get worse; there is a projected shortfall of more than
280,000 math and science teachers across the country by
2015.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That is why I am announcing
today that states making strong commitments <U>and</U> progress in
math and science education will be eligible to compete later this fall for
additional funds under the Secretary of Education's $5 billion Race to the Top
program.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">I am challenging states to
dramatically improve achievement in math and science by raising standards,
modernizing science labs, upgrading curriculum, and forging partnerships to
improve the use of science and technology in our classrooms. And I am
challenging states to enhance teacher preparation and training, and to attract
new and qualified math and science teachers to better engage students and
reinvigorate these subjects in our
schools.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In this endeavor, and
others, we will work to support inventive approaches. Let's create systems
that retain and reward effective teachers, and let's create new pathways
for experienced professionals to enter the classroom. There
are, right now, chemists who could teach chemistry; physicists who
could teach physics; statisticians who could teach mathematics. But
we need to create a way to bring the expertise and the enthusiasm of these folks
– folks like you – into the
classroom.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">There are states, for
example, doing innovative work. I am pleased to announce that Governor Ed
Rendell will lead an effort with the National Governors Association to increase
the number of states that are making science, technology, engineering and
mathematics education a top priority. Six states are currently
participating in the initiative, including <ST1:STATE u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:STATE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</ST1:PLACE></ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE></ST1:STATE>, which
has launched an effective program to ensure that his state has the skilled
workforce in place to draw the jobs of the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century. I’d
want every state participate.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">But our work does not end
with a high school diploma. For decades, we led the world in educational
attainment, and as a consequence we led the world in economic growth. The G.I.
Bill, for example, helped send a generation to college. But in this new economy,
we've come to trail other nations in graduation rates, in educational
achievement, and in the production of scientists and
engineers.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">That's why my
administration has set a goal that will greatly enhance our ability to compete
for the high-wage, high-tech jobs of the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century – and to
foster the next generation of scientists and engineers. In the next decade – by
2020 – <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> will
once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. And
we've provided tax credits and grants to make a college education more
affordable.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">My budget also triples the
number of National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. This
program was created as part of the Space Race five decades ago. In the decades
since, it’s remained largely the same size – even as the numbers of students who
seek these fellowships has skyrocketed. We ought to be supporting these young
people who are pursuing scientific careers, not putting obstacles in their
path.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This is how we will lead
the world in new discoveries in this new century. But it will take far more than
the work of government. It will take all of us. It will take all of
you.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And so today I want to
challenge you to use your love and knowledge of science to spark the same sense
of wonder and excitement in a new
generation.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on"><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">America</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">’s young people
will rise to the challenge if given the opportunity – if called upon to join a
cause larger than themselves. And we’ve got evidence. The average age in NASA’s
mission control during the Apollo 17 mission was just 26. I know that young
people today are ready to tackle the grand challenges of this
century<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">So I want to persuade you
to spend time in the classroom, talking – and showing –young people what it is
that your work can mean, and what it means to you. Encourage your university to
participate in programs to allow students to get a degree in scientific fields
and a teaching certificate at the same time. Think about new and creative ways
to engage young people in science and engineering, like science festivals,
robotics competitions, and fairs that encourage young people to create, build,
and invent – to be makers of things.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And I want you to know that
I’m going to be working along side you. I’m going to participate in a public
awareness and outreach campaign to encourage students to consider careers in
science, mathematics, and engineering – because our future depends on
it.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">And the Department of
Energy and the National Science Foundation will be launching a joint initiative
to inspire tens of thousands of American students to pursue careers in science,
engineering and entrepreneurship related to clean
energy.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">It will support an
educational campaign to capture the imagination of young people who can help us
meet the energy challenge. It will create research opportunities for
undergraduates and educational opportunities for women and minorities who too
often have been underrepresented in scientific and technological fields – but
are no less capable of inventing the solutions that will help us grow our
economy and save our planet. And it will support fellowships, interdisciplinary
graduate programs, and partnerships between academic institutions and innovative
companies to prepare a generation of Americans to meet this generational
challenge.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">For we must always remember
that somewhere in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> there’s
an entrepreneur seeking a loan to start a business that could transform an
industry – but she hasn’t secured it yet. There’s a researcher with an idea for
an experiment that might offer a new cancer treatment – but he hasn’t found the
funding yet. There is a child with an inquisitive mind staring up at the night
sky. Maybe she has the potential to change our world – but she just doesn’t know
it yet.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">As you know, scientific
discovery takes far more than the occasional flash of brilliance – as important
as that can be. Usually, it takes time, hard work, patience; it takes training;
often, it requires the support of a
nation.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">But it holds a promise like
no other area of human endeavor.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">In 1968, a year defined by
loss and conflict, Apollo 8 carried into space the first human beings ever to
slip beyond the earth’s gravity. The ship would circle the moon ten times before
returning home. But on its fourth orbit, the capsule rotated and for the first
time earth became visible through the
windows. <U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Bill Anders, one of the
astronauts aboard Apollo 8, could not believe what he saw. He scrambled for a
camera. He took a photo that showed the earth coming up over the moon’s horizon.
It was the first ever taken from so distant a vantage point, soon to become
known as “Earthrise.”<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Anders would say that the
moment forever changed him, to see our world – this pale blue sphere – without
borders, without divisions, at once so tranquil and beautiful and
alone.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">“We came all this way to
explore the moon,” he said, “and the most important thing is that we discovered
the Earth.”<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Yes, scientific innovation
offers us the chance to achieve prosperity. It has offered us benefits that have
improved our health and our lives – often improvements we take too easily for
granted. But it also gives us something
more.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">At root, science forces us
to reckon with the truth as best as we can ascertain it. Some truths fill us
with awe. Others force us to question long held views. Science cannot answer
every question; indeed, it seems at times the more we plumb the mysteries of the
physical world, the more humble we must be. Science cannot supplant our ethics,
our values, our principles, or our faith, but science can inform those things,
and help put these values, these moral sentiments, that faith, to work – to feed
a child, to heal the sick, to be good stewards of this
earth.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">We are reminded that with
each new discovery and the new power it brings, comes new responsibility; that
the fragility and the sheer specialness of life requires us to move past our
differences, to address our common problems, to endure and continue humanity’s
strivings for a better world.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">As President Kennedy said
when he addressed the National Academy of Sciences more than 45 years ago: “The
challenge, in short, may be our
salvation.”<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Thank you all for your
past, present, and future discoveries. God bless you and may God bless
the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">United States of
America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">As President Kennedy said
when he addressed the National Academy of Sciences more than 45 years ago: “The
challenge, in short, may be our
salvation.”<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Thank you all for your
past, present, and future discoveries. God bless you and may God bless
the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u4:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
u4:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">United States of
America</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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