DETROIT - JUNE 17: Aneesh P. Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States of America, speaks at a Technology Town Hall at the National Summit June 17, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. The National Summit is a three-day gathering of business, labor, government and academic leaders designed to develop and promote America's competiveness in a global economy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

DETROIT - JUNE 17: Aneesh P. Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States of America, speaks at a Technology Town Hall at the National Summit June 17, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. The National Summit is a three-day gathering of business, labor, government and academic leaders designed to develop and promote America's competiveness in a global economy.

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