YOUNG ACHIEVERS

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From left, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director for Science Carl Wieman; NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver; Billings, Montana, Central Catholic High School student Mikayla Nelson; Phoenix, Arizona, South Mountain Community College student Diego Vasquez; Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. John P. Holdren; sixteen-year-old high school junior from Richardson, Texas, Amy Chyao; West Philadelphia High School student Brandon Ford; and, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden pose for a group photo at the New Executive Office Building, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, in Washington. The students are all young achievers in science and technology and will be amongst other guests seated in the First Lady’s Box in the U.S. Capitol during the President’s State of the Union Address.