克林顿政府将科学技术作为美国经济增长的希望。在就职前一个月,克林顿就选定约翰·H·吉本斯博士为他的首席科学顾问,而他以前三任总统在上任头一年还无暇顾及此事,且上任不久即偕同副总统戈尔在硅谷的硅图像公司公布了其科技发展计划纲要,明确提出美国政府的首要任务是保持美国的领先地位——不仅仅是军事技术,同样包括民用工业技术,并有相应的计划和一系列的措施。把民用工业技术与军事技术摆到同等位置对美国政府来说尚属首次。这意味着冷战结束后美国科技政策的改 The Clinton administration regards science and technology as the hope of economic growth in the United States. One month before his inauguration, Clinton selected Dr. John H. Gibbons as his chief science adviser, and his first three presidents did not have time to consider the matter in his first year of office. Shortly after he took office, Vice President Gore Silicon Graphics Inc. in Silicon Valley unveiled its program of scientific and technological development plans, clearly stating that the primary task of the U.S. government is to maintain its leading position in the United States - not just military technology, but also civilian industrial technology with corresponding plans and a series of Measures. It is the first time for the U.S. government to put civilian industrial technology and military technology in the same position. This means the reform of U.S. science and technology policy after the Cold War