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Clinton hails milestone in genetics; World leaders joined the president in the praise for a "most wondrous map" of the human genome.(NEWS)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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June 27, 2000| Author:
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President Clinton joined scientists and government leaders worldwide Monday to hail the long-awaited completion of a first draft of the human genetic code, comparing the achievement to the first mapping of our country's Northwest by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
"Today, the world is joining us ... to behold a map of even greater significance," Clinton said from the East Room of the White House, where Meriwether Lewis presented his historic map to President Thomas Jefferson two centuries ago.
"We are here to celebrate the completion of the first survey of the entire ...
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