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Ed Markey: Whether or not we are going to be successful 30 and 40 years from now and winning Nobel Prizes against China and India…

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
Whether or not we are going to be successful 30 and 40 years from now and winning Nobel Prizes against China and India is going to be determined by the vision that this generation has.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the future of U.S. scientific achievement in relation to global competition.

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