Think Tank Quickies (#120)

• Think tanks harsher in their appraisal of President Obama is general?
• How the Center for Global Development (CGD) leverages donor dollars.
• Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom on think tanks: "We understand and value of your support and insight."
• Elites at well-endowed think tanks support Common Core and charter schools?
• Think tank debate in China heats up: Serve the government or be independent?
• Reps from 59 think tanks met at 1st-ever North American Think Summit held in Washington, DC.
• Free-Market Think Tanks in the Americas: Their Debt to the "Chicago Boys." 
• Truman Project and CNP announce new Board of Advisors; present Muskie award to Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL).
• Carter Center sends high-level delegation to Panama elections.
• Atlantic Council's 2014 Distinguished Leadership Awards draws 900; honors Europe at annual awards dinner; VP Joe Biden speaks at ACUS event, and so does Secretary of State John Kerry.