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"In a recent poll involving 43 countries, 79 percent of respondents said that what they most admire about the United States is its leadership in science and technology ... By harnessing the soft power of science in the service of diplomacy, the U.S. can demonstrate its desire to bring the best of its culture and heritage to bear on building better and broader relations with the Muslim world and beyond."

--6/27/10

Sources: This Week; Los Angeles Times; New York Times (2); whitehouse.gov Fox 8 News; E!

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