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agreements and DOE representation at policy related 

 multilateral meetings. We work closely with the Department of 

 State and the foreign policy community, and with the 

 Department's senior policy and program management. 



I would like to close by observing that Secretary 

 Herrington in his speeches has noted that DOE has been able to 

 forge a strong partnership with the research community in the 

 field of energy science and technology, a partnership that is 

 complementing private initiatives rather than competing against 

 them. The Department has now begun to move that partnership 

 beyond the U.S. borders to establish international collabo- 

 ration for energy research and development projects. Under 

 Secretary's Herrington 's leadership, we will be working with 

 our programs to bring about such a partnership. We hope, then, 

 within the next several years, to be able to point with pride, 

 along with our collaborative partners, to ongoing international 

 collaboration. Our focus will be in such areas as the major 

 fusion facilities and devices and the Superconducting Super 

 Collider. We are currently assessing the areas where inter- 

 national collaboration can be most effective. Promising 

 candidates for international collaboration are DOE's nuclear 

 program, coal, nuclear waste management, renewable energy, and 

 conservation R&D. 



