White House Briefing - March 28, 1996

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Q Beyond the Turkish meeting, what has the President got tomorrow?

MR. MCCURRY: He has got -- we'll be looking at some issues related to drugs and how they can be used in combating cancer, and we've got the meeting with President Demirel. And the Vice President will be talking at some length about a very exciting new technology that could create 100,000 new jobs in this country by the end of this century.

Q Anything in particular on the agenda --

Q Is that the policy directive on the --

MR. MCCURRY: Bingo. Alexis wins a prize. There will be more on that. This is the use of technology that was initially developed by the U.S. military for global positioning -- 24 global satellites that can tell you wherever you are precisely, and to a meter or two. And that technology is now being used in the private sector and for commercial purposes. It's about a $2-billion a year industry. And as a result of the things the Vice President will tell you about tomorrow, it will probably be about an $8-billion a year industry by the end of the century.

Q We get one of those with our beeper, right?

MR. MCCURRY: Your new White House pager will tell us right where you are. (Laughter.)

Q Could be dangerous.

MR. MCCURRY: Maybe even when you don't want us to know where you be.

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