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Re: White House announces major STEM initiative
The webcast was indeed miserable, but the address was shown live on CNN. Unfortunately, I missed the portion where the FIRST team was introduced. The President made some powerful statements regarding the importance of STEM for the country's future. He specifically mentioned FIRST robotics as a program inspiring students in science, math an technology. The President spoke of major STEM program (5 yr, $100M), Connect a Million Minds, led by Time Warner Cable, partnering with FIRST and the Coalition for Science After School (CSAS). He also announced a National Lab Day and national science fair, with winners of various competitions invited to the White House.
CNN nearly cut away before the brief robotics demonstration at the end of the event, even after the media had been admonished by the President for it's lack of interest in the subject of education! Fortunately, the robotics demonstration did manage about 15 seconds of air time before CNN returned to it's regular news coverage. 
P.S. I believe the robot was from Team 623 (Oakton HS), two of the team members were introduced by the President. Awesome job!!
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Last edited by David Brinza : 23-11-2009 at 13:09.
Reason: Added reference to Team 623
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