You are living in the wrong century if you think that modern weaponry can be used by a bunch of guys with a sixth grade reading ability.

It's not just that they won't be able to read the operating and maintenance manuals; they will not have been trained in the sort of analytical thinking that is required in order to use today's highly technical military equipment.

This is the same sort of analytical ability that is nurtured by proper training in reading and mathematics.

And it is one of the great secrets of our age, but the plain fact is that if you can do fractions, that is, if you can think in the clear, cold-blooded, analytical way that fractions require, you can run any computer in the world.

What is not a secret is that reading is now at the heart of the Nation's defense.

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