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I believe that this attitude is short sighted. There is no doubt 

 in my mind that the US is today the world leader in essentially all 

 aspects of ocean technology because of the investments made by the 

 Navy and other federal agencies over the past fifty years. The 

 technology that has come out of that investment has been crucial to 

 our efforts to understand the ocean and to improve national 

 security in terms of both defense capability and economic strength. 

 It is, in a very real sense, the infrastructure that en2kbles the 

 country to utilize the ocean for the economic and social benefit of 

 all its citizens. For example, today's underwater search and 

 recovery capabilities, to say nothing of the pinpoint navigation 

 that is required in many commercial ocean operations, are the 

 direct result of DoD R&D programs. 



In the past, the Navy and other federal agencies have been the 

 catalysts for much of the ocean technology development that has 

 occured in this country. For the US to maintain its leadership 

 role in ocean technology, they will have to play that role in the 

 future. Therefore, as the federal government determines priorities 

 for R&D funding in the future, I would urge you to keep ocean 

 technology development high on the list. And as we search for new 

 arrangements for funding and performing ocean technology 

 development in the post Cold War world, I would urge you to 

 continue to encourage partnerships - llJce the NSF I/UCRC Program- 

 that strengthen the mutually beneficial relationships that exist 

 between the Navy and other federal agencies and the ocean 

 technology community. 



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