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TESTIMONY OF CHARLES HORNER 



DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 



BEFORE THE SCIENCE POLICY TASK FORCE OF THE 



COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1985 



I am pleased to appear before the Task Force in order to 

 offer the perspective of the Department of State on 

 international co-operation in science and technology. Science 

 is certainly an international undertaking and as much as the 

 advcince of science in our own country contributes to progress 

 throughout the world, there are times when advances in other 

 countries — or advances made in conjunction with other 

 countries — can benefit us here at home. 



In particular, we have learned in recent years that 

 international cost-sharing for so-called "big science" can mesh 

 with ongoing domestic activities and enhance our own future 

 prospects. Basic research has become an expensive activity and 

 nations are no longer well-advised to duplicate each other's 

 facilities. Instead, there has grown up a kind of 

 international division of labor and a strong impulse toward 

 greater co-operation. 



Yet any successful international endeavor on our part must 

 begin with strong domestic capabilities. It is our own 

 strength in science, technology, and engineering which 



