The survey found the country was split over how Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has handled his job, with 46 percent approving and 45 percent disapproving.
Any initial money would be split among the National Institutes of Health, theDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, and the National Science Foundation.
The system splitthe field into four bands, positioning players between the lines of the opposition's defense and midfield, creating natural passing lanes that make it easier to retain possession.
Obama and others are touting such efforts as signs that the country can bridge one of its deepest cultural divides: Thesplit between mostly rural Americans who cherish guns for hunting and self-defense and urban citizens who equate them with gang violence, drive-by shootings and young lives lost.