We will double federal funding for abstinence programs, so schools can teach this fact of life: Abstinence for young people is the only certain way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

My budget nearly doubles funding for a sustained strategy of homeland security, focused on four key areas: bioterrorism, emergency response, airport and border security, and improved intelligence.

President Obama signed an overhaul of the student loan program into law, doubling funding for Pell Grants and allowing for direct student loans.

We have doubled funding for Head Start and provided after-school and mentoring to more than a million more young people.

He also doubled funding for the public Charity Hospital System, built a new Charity Hospital building for New Orleans, and reformed and increased funding for the state's mental institutions.

The Bahen Centre was constructed to meet the growing needs of the university's computer science and electrical and computer engineering programs, as the university doubled the size and funding of the programs.

Condemning the current regime as one of the most anti-science administrations in US history, Mr Obama supports doubling federal funding for basic research.

He has led the effort to increase rail/transit security funding, most recently succeeding in doubling federal funding to $400 million in 2008.

However, splitting hairs over decimal points on the budget last weekend has put Europe's ambitious Seventh Framework Programme for doubling funding on research on ice.

He said "we would certainly double" such funding but said no upper limit has been set for the amount of additional funds for such programs.