Brookings Mountain West
https://www.unlv.edu/brookingsmtnwest
Brookings Mountain West is a partnership between UNLV and the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. The purpose of Brookings Mountain West is to bring the Brookings tradition of high-quality, independent, and impactful research to the issues facing the dynamic and fast-growing Intermountain West region. Building upon work at Brookings and UNLV, our community engagement and research initiatives focus on helping metropolitan areas like Las Vegas grow in robust, inclusive, and sustainable ways. Brookings Mountain West provides a platform to bring ideas and expertise together to enhance public policy discussions at the local, state, and regional level.
Brian Greenspun ~ Roommates with [BC]
https://www.brookings.edu/author/brian-greenspun/?type=all&paged=1
What Hillary Clinton’s $225,000 speaking fee buys you
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-what-225000-and-pair-nikes-buys-you
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Before beginning the Q&A portion of the event, moderator Brian Greenspun handed Clinton a pair ofNikes, which he made sure to point out were “running shoes.” Greenspun is the publisher of the Las Vegas Sun and a UNLV trustee, but before that he was Bill Clinton’s college roommate.
Clinton herself addressed the topic too: “As I make my decision, part of what I will be thinking about is what do I want to do with the next years of my life? How do I want to spend my time?” she said, mentioning her new granddaughter.
Tough talk on Russia: When John McCain peered into the eyes of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eyes, he saw, “a ‘K,’ a ‘G,’ and a ‘B.’” When Clinton did the same, she saw, “a cold-blooded former KGB agent,” she told Greenspun Monday night.
“His agenda is one that threatens American interests and we have to be smart about how we’re going to contest it,” she said.
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< Red…Nike…Running Shoes…
>Dig on Greenspun and his father, Hank Greenspun. Dig on members of the UNLV Foundation/Brookings.
>Buck & Aurora Wong ~ Arcata Associates/NASA…infiltration.