The State of the Union Speech was interesting enough if one was paying attention.
Sergeant Remsburg is testament to the President's neurological program announced last year.
By Mark Thompson
DC
Jan. 28, 2014
...Sergeant 1st Class Remsburg, (click here) who has been awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart, was a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama at the Capitol.
As Obama detailed Remsburg’s progress, Congress—and the Joint Chiefs of
Staff—roared their approval.
The commander-in-chief and Sergeant 1st Class Remsburg go way back,
at least as far as presidents and grunts can go. They first met on June
6, 2009, in Normandy, during the commemoration of the 65th anniversary
of the D-Day invasion. “He was a strong, impressive young man, had an
easy manner,” Obama told Congress, and the nation, on Tuesday night. “He
was sharp as a tack.” That was the first of their three get-togethers
before Tuesday....
On April 2nd in the East Room of the White House, (click here) President Obama
announced the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative
Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. He
began his remarks by emphasizing the importance of scientific research
and innovation
and how the resulting technology and
knowledge have contributed to our country’s economic growth and changed
our lives. Computer
chips, GPS, the Internet and the human
genome were a few of the examples that he gave. The BRAIN initiative,
and President
Obama’s concept of this as “one of the
Administration’s Grand Challenges of the 21st century,”
presents an extraordinary opportunity for the neuroscience community and
for patients with brain disorders. There
is no accurate accounting for the toll
that brain diseases exact but estimates are that more than 1000 brain
disorders affect
100 million Americans and that the cost
exceeds $5 billion....
