Now that that President Obama has begun his term, I think it's time for me to say how much I look forward to engaging with him and his administration.
Let me be clear: while I welcome many of Mr. Obama's policies, I welcome his mind even more. Whether we prove to be allies or opponents, it is far more rewarding and certainly far more interesting to engage with a man who has shown himself to be both a subtle and a reflective thinker.
This is therefore a time of great change for all of us. Prudence and common sense dictate that we at FMI contemplate the nature and scope of that change and review our strategies accordingly. I find it reassuring that Mr. Obama has made restoring America's technological dominance a priority for his administration, and I welcome his promise to increase federally funded scientific research and speed the pace of scientific and technological innovation.
I am further heartened to see that Mr. Obama places military technology and private industry at the core of his Homeland Security agenda. In particular, he promises to "declare the cyber infrastructure a strategic asset" and "develop the systems necessary to protect our nation's trade secrets and our research and development", with the aim of making the US military "more stealthy, agile, and lethal". I am thus encouraged to hope that he will defend the military budget to the full extent of his power and not allow himself to be derailed by attempts at congressional micromanagement. Let him lay out his economic plan, and then let us negotiate soon and hard.
Mr. President, you are a man of skill and intellect, and I am pleased to welcome you to office. We will get along well, you and I, for we share a vital trait: complacency is not in our characters - not before, not now, not ever.
Let me be clear: while I welcome many of Mr. Obama's policies, I welcome his mind even more. Whether we prove to be allies or opponents, it is far more rewarding and certainly far more interesting to engage with a man who has shown himself to be both a subtle and a reflective thinker.
This is therefore a time of great change for all of us. Prudence and common sense dictate that we at FMI contemplate the nature and scope of that change and review our strategies accordingly. I find it reassuring that Mr. Obama has made restoring America's technological dominance a priority for his administration, and I welcome his promise to increase federally funded scientific research and speed the pace of scientific and technological innovation.
I am further heartened to see that Mr. Obama places military technology and private industry at the core of his Homeland Security agenda. In particular, he promises to "declare the cyber infrastructure a strategic asset" and "develop the systems necessary to protect our nation's trade secrets and our research and development", with the aim of making the US military "more stealthy, agile, and lethal". I am thus encouraged to hope that he will defend the military budget to the full extent of his power and not allow himself to be derailed by attempts at congressional micromanagement. Let him lay out his economic plan, and then let us negotiate soon and hard.
Mr. President, you are a man of skill and intellect, and I am pleased to welcome you to office. We will get along well, you and I, for we share a vital trait: complacency is not in our characters - not before, not now, not ever.
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