Think Tank Quickies (#321)

• RAND Corp. selected to help oversee national effort to increase funding for research on gun violence.
• New Canadian think tank aims to provide First Nations perspectives.
• US-backed think tanks target Latin America.
• Top Turkish officials meeting with US think tanks; top Indian official meets think tankers.
• RIP Frank Carlucci, longtime RAND Corp. trustee, adviser, and donor.
• Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) smears immigration think tank (Center for Immigration Studies, or CIS) as hate group.
• R Street Institute: We said "think" tank not "steal" tank.
• Ron Paul Liberty Report: The weapons makers and the "think tanks" they fund.
• Derek Mitchell becomes new president of National Democratic Institute (NDI).
• List of tax policy experts at think tanks.