there are 80,000 jobs, high-tech jobs, that cannot be filled right now that are available in America; 80,000, and the number is growing. Our weapons are very sophisticated. If we do not pay more attention to education, we are going to have to call in the Chinese and the Russians to man our weapons, because they will be too sophisticated for our operators to run them. Education is the number one component of defense and security.
Discussing the importance of education for national defense and the shortage of high-tech jobs.
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