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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: President Barack Obama speaks before awarding the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation in a ceremony at the White House on February 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: President Barack Obama speaks before awarding the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation in a ceremony at the White House on February 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)