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Vice Admiral Lautenbacher recently hosted a meeting of federal science
agency leaders who work with NOAA in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Participating (from left): Major General Ronald M. Sega, director,
Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; Dr. Charles G.
Groat, director, U.S. Geological Survey; Dr. Cliff Gabriel, Office of
Science and Technology Policy; Brigadier General David L. Johnson, U.S.
Air Force; Dr. James Laurence Connaughton, chair, White House Council
on Environmental Quality; The Honorable John F. Turner, assistant secretary
for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department
of State; Dr. John Kamp, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Dr.
Margaret Leinen, associate director for geosciences, National Science
Foundation; Dr. Steve Ramberg, technical director Office of Naval Research;
Dr. Richard Spinrad, technical director, oceanographer and navigator of
the Navy, United States Naval Observatory, Department of Defense; The
Honorable Mary Beth West, deputy assistant secretary for Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; and Dr. Steve
Lingle, director, Environmental Research and Development, Environmental
Protection Agency. Also participating: The Honorable Sean O'Keefe, NASA
administrator.
Vice Admiral Lautenbacher greeted The Honorable Sean O'Keefe (left), NASA
administrator, and Dr. James Lawrence Connaughton, chair of the White
House Council on Environmental Quality.
Commerce Secretary Don Evans urged members to work together to better
understand the considerable challenges of climate.
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