Sources: ‘President Obama on the Necessity of Science‘, YouTube, 27 April 2009; Revkin, A. (2009) ‘Obama’s Call to Create, Not Just Consume‘, New York Times, 27 April.
Note: you can listen to an audio-only version of the speech here.
‘Obama’s call to create, not just consume’
May 6, 2009 by globalhighered
Posted in R&D, Science & technology, USA | Tagged Barack Obama, NAS, National Academy of Sciences, R&D, science and technology, United States, USA | 1 Comment
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