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Gates: U.S. Losing Advantage in Innovation Race

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicts that with fewer students in math and science and a lack of national funding, the United States is destined to fall behind other countries in innovation. The fierce competition to keep up with technological changes has led Microsoft to expand research offices in China and India.

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Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.