Think Tank Quickies (#510)

• President Biden delivers major speech at Brookings, his last think tank speech as president.
• National security officials in Biden Administration trying to land coveted senior fellow posts at think tanks.
  
• Brooke Rollins, co-founder of think tank AFPI, confirmed as Trump's Agriculture Secretary.
• Think tank funders are also part of the 150-member Rockbridge Network, a secretary group of MAGA donors.
• Fred Smith, founder and longtime president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), passed away.
• American Sunlight Project: "A think tank that researches disinformation and advocates for policies that promote democracy."
• Heritage lobbying arm alum Michael Needham, who currently holds a top post at the conservative policy groups American Compass and American 2100, will be counselor to the State Department.
  
• Heritage Foundation's Robert Greenway is on the landing team for the CIA.
• The Heritage Foundation is going to spend $1 million on a campaign to pressure Republican senators into backing Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
  
• China chides CSIS' Cuba report.