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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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think tank stories: 4 news summaries

George W. Bush Library Finds a Home in Texas

SMU will host presidential library, think-tank

Feb 23, 08 5:46 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush's presidential library will be built at Southern Methodist University, the Dallas Morning News reports. The First Lady's alma mater has had its eyes on that prize since just after Bush took office. "It took us 71 days to find a football coach, so we don't like... More »

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Texas • think tank • libraries • Clinton Presidential Library • academics • Southern Methodist University • presidential library • George W. Bush

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Bill Simon hosts crash course to earn Giuliani conservative cred

Oct 26, 07 9:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giuliani is going to "Simon University," where think tank types school him to be a hawk and a tax-cutter, the Washington Post reports. Bill Simon hosts, teaching Giuliani how to think conservative heartland instead of New York elite. Simon, Giuliani's policy director, "has the added advantage of... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • California • think tank • Bill Simon • Grover Norquist • George W. Bush

Middle East Solution? Ignore It

The only option: "backward societies must be left alone"

May 1, 07 10:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - As experts scramble to respond to escalating crises in the Middle East, think-tanker Edward Luttwack has a novel solution—leave 'em be. The strategic implications of the Arab-Israeli crisis ended with the Cold War, he argues, and local regimes don't control oil supplies—oil companies do. More »

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Iraq • Iran • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • Kurdistan • think tank

NASA Shutters Ideas Factory  

Mar 22, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a cost-cutting move, NASA is shutting down its futuristic think tank, source of way-ahead-of-the-curve ideas, many of them worthy of a Star Trek script. Closing the Institute for Advanced Concepts will save $4 million out of NASA’s $16 billion dollar budget. But former NASA scientist Keith Cowing describes... More »

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technology • NASA • space exploration • genetics • science • planet • space • think tank • Institute for Advanced Concepts • Keith Cowing • NIAC • deep space

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