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Question: Should Federal science funding include the aim 

 of keeping the U.S. first in every field of 

 science, and if so, will international cooperation 

 help us to achieve this aim? 



Answer: International goals for science should support our 



national objectives - one of which is to strive 



toward U.S. leadership in all fields of science. 



This is not to be interpreted as a requirement 



for the U.S. to be numerically number one in every 



field of science. Emphasis on excellence and 



creativity, however, should be sought in all fields 



and international cooperation, to the extent it 



supports and fosters this excellence, should be 



pursued. 



