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https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/08/Hicks-ORNL.jpg?w=600600450During her first stop on a four-state, technology-focused tour, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks heard from multiple senior Oak Ridge lab officials that the massive investments from the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS and Science for America Act, present a once-in-a-lifetime chance to innovate.