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Bill Clinton: “Excellence is promoted when investments are guided by merit review.”

On the recordDecember 27, 2000
Excellence is promoted when investments are guided by merit review.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 13185—To Strengthen the Federal Government-University Research Partnership

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