“But in an increasingly competitive world in which jobs and businesses are mobile, we also have a responsibility to invest in those things that are absolutely critical to preparing our people and our Nation for the economic competition of our time.” — President Barack Obama, February 14, 2011<\/p>\n

What are these things that President Obama and his administration view as absolutely critical?\u00c2\u00a0 Find out by browsing through the President’s Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012<\/a>, available in PDF format.<\/p>\n

Odum Library, as a Federal Depository Library, will be receiving the complete budget in paper format, but for now, you can view current and previous budgets back to 1996 here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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