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The message has to be told to congressmen the message of the importance of investing in basic research.

Jeanette Wing, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Research October 20th at a Symposium on Capital Hill.

The investments by the federal government go towards the innovation ecosystem

and these kinds of investments are good for the economy, good for global competitiveness.

Wing, along with other industry leaders and members of Congress from both parties,

gathered at the Innovation and American Imperative Symposium in support of

goals and policies delineated in a recent report from the American Academy of

Arts and Sciences that report titled Restoring the Foundation the vital role of research in

preserving the American dream. We have to continue to further innovation in our

economy through smart investments in basic R&D.

U.S. Senator from Delaware, Chris Coons at the event.

Because whether it's public universities, cutting-edge businesses that are well established

or early-stage startups, if we want to see American research businesses that are well established are early stage startups

that we want to see American researchers and innovators

pulling together to achieve our national potential now

and in the future we have to commit to these crucial investments today and by sustaining them for the long term.

Norm Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, led the effort to create the Restoring

the Foundation report.

To hear a recent extended interview I did with Augustine,

browse the Science Talk Podcast section of the Scientific American webpage,

or just Google Augustine and Scientific American to find the episode titled,

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