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Video: Watch President Obama’s speech at Applied Materials in Austin. He talked about his administration’s initiative to establish a system of manufacturing innovation institutes and his May 9 executive order requiring all government agencies to make their vast stores of easily available to the public, a potential catalyst for tech sector companies.

COVER: The president speaks to employees at Applied Materials, an Austin semiconductor manufacturer, on May 9. TEXAS TRIBUNE PHOTO by TAMIR KALIFA