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Behind Bush’s New Stress on Science, Lobbying by Republican Executives

"12th-grader in the U.S. ranks in the bottom 10 percent among their international peers if you look at the achievement of the average 12th-grade student in math and science, which is of interest to us here. I think it is incumbent upon all of us to look at that report and help raise our voices collectively to our local officials, state officials and national officials." Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, in a speech to the National Academy of Engineering in October, in which he described the findings of the Gathering Storm report.

President Bush’s proposal to accelerate spending on basic scientific research came after technology industry executives made the case for such a move in a series of meetings with White House officials, executives involved said Wednesday.

In his State of the Union message Tuesday evening, Mr. Bush called for a doubling within 10 years of the federal commitment to "the most critical basic research programs in the physical sciences."

The president’s science adviser, John H. Marburger III, said Mr. Bush would request $910 million for the first year of the research initiative, with a commitment to spending $50 billion over 10 years.

By JOHN MARKOFF

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/business/02research.html

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