Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, who was on the panel with Wang and me, shared my concern about the U.S. pushing away our smartest graduates.
Florian Kaefer, a reporter who focuses on CSR and often co-blogs with me on U.K.-based website SustainabilityForum.com, discussed this recent announcement with a mix of skepticism and hope.
Some questions had to do with my personal journey that landed me at NSF, and others focused on U.S. competitiveness in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
Japanese firms pile in late as resellers or with their own me-too versions and kill themselves in a price war while U.S. entrepreneurs move on to new technologies.
It was in partnership with the U.S. State Department, who invited me to be a cultural envoy and speak to groups of people about editorial cartoons.
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As I visit schools across the country and talk with teachers at the U.S. Department of Education, they astound me continually with what they accomplish every day.
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U. duty one recent evening, and he ran through his list of patients with me.
He told that me that the U.S. needs to be able to compete with India and China in terms of inspiring and nurturing more students to pursue fields in engineering, medial research, and science.
"If you look at a device like the BlackBerry, I know the U.S. government has gone over that with a fine-tooth comb, and that makes me feel good, " said Mr. Wysopal.
The next morning, the garage doors opened beneath me and I watched as Diana, with the girls in tow, backed the S.U.V. down the driveway.
An entrepreneur with global experience and a major gold position tells me there is no policy panacea for the sluggish condition of the U.S. economy and the overhang of debt plaguing us.
She sat down with me to talk about her new role, how she got here, and why she believes the U.S. needs to stop lurching from one financial crisis to the next and work together to reach solutions.
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