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Vice President Dick Cheney meets with the 2006 U.S. Nobel Laureates, Thursday, November 30, 2006 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. From left to right are Dr. Andrew Fire, 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine; Dr. George F. Smoot, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics; Dr. Roger D. Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Dr. Craig Mello, 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine; Dr. John C. Mather, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. This year marks the first time in 30 years that the U.S. has exclusively won four of the six Nobel prizes, the last time being 1976 when the U.S. won awards in science, economics and literature. White House photo by David Bohrer
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