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Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2012) / Chapter Skim
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... . While the committee is responsible for the overall quality and accuracy of the report as a record of what transpired at the workshop, the views contained in the report are not necessarily those of all workshop participants, the committee, or the National Research Council.
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... At the conclusion of their prepared remarks, the panelists fielded questions from the session moderators, who were members of the NRC committee, as well as from other NRC committee members in attendance and from workshop participants. The workshop included two keynote presentations.
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