On Friday, January 20, ASP hosted Norm Augustine, a member of ASP’s board and one of the country’s leading businessmen, to mark the launch of a letter to Congressional leadership on the importance of funding for basic R&D as well as a fact-sheet “Research and Development as a National Priority.” This post summarizes the event.

ASP’s board member Norm Augustine was mentioned in National Defense today, regarding our event and R&D letter. Augustine: Defense R&D to Take Hit in Budget Battles National Defense 20 Jan 2012 Augustine has spent a good deal of his retirement years warning about declining U.S. competitiveness. As a board member of a non-partisan think tank, the…

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