TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump offered support for emerging technologies including unmanned aerial vehicles and next-generation wireless networks in a meeting on Thursday [6-22-17] with the chiefs of AT&T Inc and General Electric Co and other business leaders.
The White House brought together venture capitalists and executives from the telecommunications and drone, or unmanned aerial system, industries to discuss how the government can speed technologies to market.
The meeting, which lasted more than three hours including breakout sessions, is part of Trump’s effort to tap industry experts on how to boost U.S. competitiveness in various fields and create jobs.
On Monday, Trump met with the heads of 18 U.S. technology companies including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, seeking their help to make the government’s computing systems more efficient.
He will meet with energy industry leaders next week.”
-David Shepardson, “Trump meets wireless, drone executives on new technologies,” Reuters, June 22, 2017 02:09pm