Barack Obama: “We should be reaching for a level of private and public research and…”

On the recordApril 28, 2013

We should be reaching for a level of private and public research and development investment that we haven't seen since the height of the space race.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the National Academy of Sciences

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Barack Obama: “We should be reaching for a level of private and public research and development investment that we haven't seen since…”