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<DIV>From The Heritage Foundation</DIV>
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<DIV>"<!--StartFragment --><SPAN class=standardcontent><SPAN class=normal><FONT face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><U><A href="http://http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl896.cfm">http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl896.cfm</A></U> <BR><BR>"In the future, the private sector--not the government--will likely make the largest investments in the basic research and product development that create the technologies with the greatest capacity to change the nature of combat. In turn, how the private sector chooses to develop these technologies, apart from the guidance or prohibitions established by governments, may determine how future conflicts are fought."<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>