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Roland Burris: “I was down at the University of Illinois, which has the fastest computer, Madam Chairman, in the whole country.”

On the recordJune 3, 2009
I was down at the University of Illinois, which has the fastest computer, Madam Chairman, in the whole country.
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Burris highlights the advanced computing capabilities for disaster simulations at the University of Illinois.

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