White House Congratulates the LIGO Team

On Feb 11 President Obama tweeted his congratulations to the LIGO team.

Einstein was right! Congrats to @NSF and @LIGO on detecting gravitational waves - a huge breakthrough in how we understand the universe.

— President Obama (@POTUS) February 11, 2016

On Feb 12, 2016, John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, posted a statement on the White House blog with congratulations to the LIGO team. Read the full statement on the White House blog.

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