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Report had been commissioned by Franklin Roosevelt and called for Government Support of science in the future. Up next, Peter Strohschneider reexamines Vannevar Bush ideas on the relationship between government and science. Of the endlessd frontier, truth and power in the age of populism, the talk is followed by a panel discussion. At university of california berkeley and the German Historical Institute cohosted this 90 minute event. Good afternoon. Report entitled science the endless frontier is probably one of the most influential science policy papers ever written, not the least so because of its metaphor of the frontier. It has a dramatic prehistory as well. Twoates back to world war and the director of the office of Scientific Research and Development Area during that time he was tasked with organizing and coordinating Scientific Research to further the u. S. War effort. It proved to be as get he skipped he proved to be a Skillful Research administrator. The Manhattan Project was
Will state repeatedly across the five hours of surveillance this morning, what we can and cannot say. Lets go through it. Of in fact welcome to the u. K. Next line here is an much andra. Citizens are voting in a u. K. Referendum. Prime minister David Cameron is among those casting ballots. U. K. Prevents of reporting while the polls are open. On capitol hill, republicans adjourned the house after 16 hours after the start of a protest by democrats. The democrats staged a sit in on the house floor demanding that Republican Leaders schedule a vote on gun control measures could one of the democrats, john lewis, is a veteran of protests going back to the civil rights movement. I crossed a bridge, not just one time, but it took us three times to make it all the way from selma to montgomery. We have other bridges to cross ,nd when we come back in july we will start all over again. Now youre looking at live pictures of the house. Paul ryan called the sitin nothing more than a publicity stunt.
Valuable service. Congress passed the act where broadcasters on a onetimeonly basis will be able to relinquish spectrum rights in return for a shares of the proceeds of the forward auction. So, what it is is congress determination and the fccs implementation to use Market Forces to make available more lowband spectrum available to meet needs. The need for broad band spectrum is burgeoning exponentially. There is not a lot of good lowband spectrum left. This is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on the communicators, on cspan 2. Live here on cspan 3, a daylong series of discussions on taiwan hosted by the center for strategic and National Studies and the Brookings Institute in washington d. C. Talking about the issues and politics of taiwans Upcoming Elections and also u. S. Policy toward taiwan. First well have introductions and then the first panel of the day on current policy issues in taiwan. Thats expected to b
Idealistic effort by a young senator from illinois who we were both right to believe would achieve greatness. I have had the opportunity to serve in your distinguished cabinet and worked with a white house chief of Staff White House staff ably led by denis mcdonough. Den has done much to make real the promise of our democracy. And each of the men and women i have come to know will be lifelong friends. Whatever my accomplishments, they could not have been achieved without the love, support and guidance of two people who are not with me here today, my parents nurtured and my accomplished brother william and made us believe in the value of individual effort and the greatness of this nation. My time in public service, which now comes to an end, would not have been possible without the sacrifices, too often unfair, made by the best three kids a father could ask for. Thank you maya, thank you brooke, and thank you clay. And finally, i want to thank the woman who sacrificed the most and allow