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United Future Exceeds Itself
8 July 2008
Media Release
United Future Exceeds Itself
Hon Pete Hodgson
Minister of Research Science
and Technology
Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Pete Hodgson, today welcomed United Future’s science policy release but said that United Future had “exceeded itself”.
“United Future has committed to raising government funding in research and development to 3.0% of GDP which happens to be more than four times the world average. Furthermore it is about three times the investment of the highest nation, the United States, and much of their investment is into military research.”
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