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Testimony of Mark D. Gould, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Roger 

 Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island to the Joint Field Hearing of the House 

 Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Research and 

 Development, the House Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 

 Wildlife, and Oceans, and the House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on 

 Energy and Environment on 22 January 1996 at the Naval War College, Newport, 

 Rhode Island 



Friends, 



We are at war. It is not the traditional battlegroimd, but one which is far more 

 serious, for its insidious nature threatens our long-term existence as a country. Any 

 war has winners and losers, and I am quite concerned that we do not lose. Our 

 country is precious and we must fight to niaintain it. 



Witness what I see now in the southern New England region but not unique 

 to the area: 



• fishing banned due to overfishing and pollution 



• flight of industry from the inner cities 



• economic cutbacks within the defense industry and down-sizing by 



corporations resulting in loss of jobs 



• lowering of educational expectations, especially in the sciences and 



technology 



• societal destruction: increasing crime, violence, drug use, family breakdown 



• environmental degradation 



The list could continue, and each topic could and should be the discussion for 

 many hearings and debates. However, if we follow the tiaditional approach to the 

 problems, we will continue to arrive at partial solutions, never coming to grips with 

 the whole. All of the components are inter-connected, but we tend to look at the 

 symptoms of the disease and not at the sources. 



