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.
Recently, a senior British parliamentarian visiting the U.S. shared his concerns with me about the failure of the U.S. politicians to address its economic decline.
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He shared his thoughts on how to fix the flawed public pension system in the U.S with me.
Powell's touching story about an American Muslim soldier who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq also resonated with me as a former U.S. Navy officer.
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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Microsoft was also hitting the road Thursday with a 25 U.S. city "Meet Me Tour" at shopping malls across the country.
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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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.
Stay with me: As a mature, postindustrial society, the U.S. has in many ways topped out economically (population growth, consumption) compared with younger competitors on the world stage.
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.
And having a chance to meet with all of you I think has given me great hope for the future of U.S.-China relations.
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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.
There were photos of people from each of the ten events, and it would have been difficult for me to come up with a technology luminary of great import in the U.S. who has not spoken or at least attended the conference.
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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.
U. duty one recent evening, and he ran through his list of patients with me.
It was this firsthand experience, along with the everyday health issues that all families face, that made me realize that even though the U.S. has some of the best doctors in the world, our nation's health care system is broken and desperately needs to be fixed.
"My parents were worried about me, " said Ms. Tello, who moved to the U.S. with her family from Ecuador when she was 6 years old.
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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.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry, also a former negotiator with North Korea, told me this was a magic moment, with different peoples speaking the same language of music.
"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.
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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The 58-year-old former central banker recently sat down with me in New York during his annual investor's road show that takes him to Japan, the U.S. and Europe.
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.
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