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Physicist Stefan Gerhardt, deputy director of the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) Recovery Project, discusses the experiment with White House and DOE leaders. From left: Scott Hsu, program director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E); David Turk, deputy secretary of energy; Gina McCarthy national climate advisor, White House Office of Climate Policy; Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Sally M. Benson, deputy director for energy and chief strategist for the energy transition, OSTP; and Arpita Bhattacharyya, chief of staff to the deputy secretary of energy.