When we invest in basic research that helps invent the Internet or GPS, that gives businesses then an opportunity to come in and take that new knowledge and create new businesses and create jobs for everybody.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event

One of the world's most conspicuously successful centres of enterprise lies in that bit of California known as Silicon Valley: computing is today's knowledge-based industry par excellence (see survey) The new jobs in tomorrow's industries, in manufacturing and services alike, will call for more than button-pressing automatons.

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Most new defense jobs at home turned out to be in data collection and intelligence, which required college degrees and specialized knowledge, or in the low-paying realm of airport and building security.

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