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**The excerpt below is taken from the NYT article, "Obama Unveils Wireless Expansion Plan, " by Sheryl Gay Stolberg which is linked below. Do click through to read more about this technological political plan.**...   >>>

**The excerpt below is taken from the NYT article, "Obama Unveils Wireless Expansion Plan, " by Sheryl Gay Stolberg which is linked below. Do click through to read more about this technological political plan.**



Declaring that “we can’t expect tomorrow’s economy to take root using yesterday’s infrastructure,” President Obama traveled to this snowbound town in a remote corner of Michigan on Thursday to make the case that expanding wireless access is critical to the nation’s economic recovery.



“This isn’t just about a faster Internet or being able to find a friend on Facebook,” Mr. Obama said in a speech at Northern Michigan University here, after viewing a demonstration on long-distance learning over the Internet.



“It’s about connecting every corner of America to the digital age,” the president said. “It’s about a rural community in Iowa or Alabama where farmers can monitor weather across the state and markets across the globe. It’s about an entrepreneur on Main Street with a great idea she hopes to sell to the big city. It’s about every young person who no longer has to leave his hometown to seek new opportunity — because opportunity is right there at his or her fingertips.”