mr. mcinernie. we'll get back to that question before we leave. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. holdren, thank you for joining us today. in your testimony you mentioned a few new projects such as the website about manufacturing data bases, and the robotics initiative. would you please discuss how these and other initiatives create jobs locally, and how they advance our leadership in the world with regard to innovation? >> all of the initiatives that we've been pursuing in this domain, advanced manufacturing, robotics, nano technology, and others, are aimed, as i mentioned before, at accelerating the transfer of fundamental advances and discovery in science and engineering into commercial processes, products, services, and therefore, into economic growth and jobs. and the fact that all of these initiatives are constructed around partnerships, with the private sector working together with the public sector and the academic sector, is in fact leading to success in accelerating the transfer of these initiatives. we already see signs that manufacturing is moving back to the united st