Friday, September 4, 2015

Think Tank Quickies (#189)

  • Miley Cyrus opened up VMA's with an "Instagram Think Tank" that helps her decide what to post.
  • Hillary Clinton inquired about think tanker Steve Clemons of NAF.
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits CAP to address strengthening of child nutrition programs.
  • The New Republic and CAP host policy forum on future of climate change with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
  • Bharath Gopalaswamy named Director of Atlantic Council's South Asia Center.
  • Wilson Center on the future of 3D printing.
  • CNAS Senior Fellow Ely Ratner named Deputy National Security Advisor to VP Joe Biden. 
  • Loren DeJonge Schulman, former Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor, named CNAS Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Studies.
  • Amb. William Taylor named EVP at USIP.
  • Libertarian think tank R Street study: US gov't agencies missed 1,400 of 2,684 regulatory deadlines.