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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysafvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:06 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye and Stevens. NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Senator INOUYE. Believe it or not, 20 years ago I was chairing this subcommittee, handling two witnesses, the Secretary of De- fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. In recent times, we have decided that this subcommittee has to hear from everyone possible. So all the services, nurses, doctors, intelligence, everyone testifies. Today we have the privilege of listening to citizens, people who handle charitable organizations, men and women who are con- cerned about certain projects, and we'd like to hear from you. But because time is of the essence, I hope you will work along with us. We have limited presentations to about 32 minutes, but I can as- sure you that every document that you submit will be studied and scrutinized. That I promise you, sir. So with that, may I call upon the first witness, Dr. Prem Paul, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, Uni- versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Paul. STATEMENT OF PREM PAUL, Ph.D., VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RE- SEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NE- BRASKA-LINCOLN; CHAIR, EPSCoR-IDEA COALITION Dr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee: My name, as you mentioned, is Dr. Prem Paul. I'm the Chair of the EPSCoR-IDEA Coalition. I'm here today on behalf of the Coalition of EPSCoR-IDEA States, a nonprofit organization representing 25 States and 2 territories. The coalition promotes the importance of a strong national science and technology research infrastructure and works to improve the research competitiveness of the States. EPSCoR ensures enhancing the capabilities of institutions of higher education in our States. It develops, plans, and executes competitive, peer-reviewed research and engineering work that (1)