03/02/2010
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"I think it is important to acknowledge that every other country in the world would give their right arm to have these 17 labs as an engine of economic growth and national defense."
"I am correct, am I not, that of the 17 laboratories, it is the only one that is not run by the model of hiring a company who is a contractor to manage the laboratory?"
"Some people think that every time the private sector gets involved, that is a bad thing. I am on the other side of that argument."
"I hope you will pursue the recommendations with the Secretary because he is a good Secretary and I think he is interested in these recommendations, as we will be."