Your Weekly Address: Winning the Future through American Innovation

The President discusses the labs at Penn State as an example of how American innovation, particularly in infrastructure and energy, can create jobs and win the future for America. Watch the video at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/05/weekly-address-winning-future-through-american-innovation?utm_source=020511&utm_medium=intro&utm_campaign=daily.

"To support American innovation, what my administration is trying to do is not just hand out money.  What we’re doing is we’re issuing a challenge. Because right now, some of the most promising innovation is happening in the area of clean energy technology -- technology that is creating jobs, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and -- something that every young person here cares about -- making sure our planet is a healthier place to live that we can pass on to future generations."