On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
If we are not the best educated people in the world, we cannot long expect to be the most powerful country in the world.
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congress.govKent Conrad: “If we are not the best educated people in the world, we cannot long expect to be the most powerful country in the world.”
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Kent Conrad stresses the importance of education for maintaining national power.
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