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He was the first president since John F. Kennedy to do that, and if you read that speech, which is still on the web I believe — both at the Academy web site and my friend Ralph
Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, is in the front row — and it's
also on the White House web site — what you will find is although the president was clear about the practical applications of science and technology to our great challenges as I've mentioned, he probably spent two thirds of that talk talking about the importance of basic science; the importance of fundamental research in science and technology to our national well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.