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The director of the National Science Foundation explained numerous changes that the Obama administration aims to make in the agency's approach to science research and education in testimony before a Congressional science panel Wednesday. Arden L. Bement Jr., who is leaving the NSF to head a research center at Purdue University, told members of the House of Representatives Science Committee about the administration's plan to continue a drive to double spending on the physical sciences and to revamp funding for minority college students in science fields.