Barack Obama actually said...

Understanding that research and laboratory work on BSAT is essential to both public health and national security, it is in the interest of the United States to address these issues.

Context

Executive Order 13546—Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States

07/01/2010

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