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Mr. McTague. It certainly does complicate things, and we are 

 not unique in being involved in complication. If one looks, for ex- 

 ample, at the experience in Europe, many projects get slowed down 

 quite a bit; siting of projects gets complicated by international po- 

 litical considerations, by relative funding situations. One nation is 

 emphasizing science and technology one year; that same year, an- 

 other nation may have very austere budgets and not wish to em- 

 phasize large-scale projects. 



So it indeed gets complicated. But I think that is unavoidable. 

 The important thing is that all countries make sure that whatever 

 they do is in their own national interest. Otherwise, the project 

 would not be sustained. 



Mr. Stallings. Thank you. 



Mr. FuQUA. Thank you very much, Dr. McTague and Dr. Kor- 

 nack. We appreciate your being with us this morning. 



Dr. McTague. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



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