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US-Manufacturing Symposium

May 21, 2012

Introduction

                    – Tom Duesterberg, Director, Manufacturing in the 21st Century, The Aspen Institute

– Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partners, The Aspen Institute

– Peter Ammon, German Ambassador to the United States

Keynote Address

–Rebecca M. Blank, Deputy Secretary of Commerce