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ocean science and technology is critical to me and to 

 our National capability in oceanography. 



You asked me to testify on how operational 

 oceanography capabilities are linked to civil needs and 

 capabilities, and vice versa; a complement to ONR' s 

 strong, traditional linkage to academia and industry. 

 It is that concept, and a philosophy of exposing one's 

 challenges to a wide variety of bright people, that led 

 me to call upon MEDEA. MEDEA, a group of the Nation's 

 very best scientists -- principally, from industry and 

 academia — cleared for access to classified 

 information, grew out the then-CIA Director Gates and 

 then-Senator Gore's bipartisan initiative to find 

 collateral uses for national reconnaissance 

 information, especially those which could contribute to 

 solution of general environmental problems. I wanted 

 to expose the MEDEA scientists to our capabilities and, 

 conversely, to expose our operational oceanographers 

 to other bright people in the same field; ensure 

 peripheral vision, if you will. 



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