New ad just dropped

The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security co-chairs, Richard Burr and Julie Gerberding, are joined by @SPsaki, White House National Security Council, to discuss the new U.S. Global Health Security Strategy, its themes, and its priorities. csis.org/events/new-us-globa…

When your younger sister is a total genius badass washingtonpost.com/politics/… From our notebook
New this a.m.: President Biden has tapped Stephanie Psaki to be his global health security coordinator.
Psaki, a longtime global heath expert who serves on the National Security Council, will help organize the government’s response when an emerging health threat is detected overseas and elevated as a White House priority, our colleague Dan Diamond scooped. The role was mandated by Congress, with lawmakers saying the government’s stumbles in responding to covid in early 2020 revealed the need for a designated coordinator.
Psaki, who joined the federal health department’s global affairs office in March 2021 and moved to the White House in 2022, will remain in her current role as NSC’s deputy senior director for global health security and biodefense. Shankar Sundaram, who has expertise in emerging technologies and biodefense, was tapped to be senior director of the NSC global health security team in November 2023.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who crafted the bipartisan Global Health Security Act that created the coordinator role, praised the choice of Psaki. The position “will help provide clear, focused, and accountable leadership for the federal government’s pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response efforts,” Connolly said in a statement.

The Biden team has said pandemic preparedness is a priority. In addition to Psaki’s role, the White House last year stood up a new pandemic preparedness office, led by retired Maj. Gen Paul Friedrichs, to help organize efforts to combat virus threats. Democrats have contrasted those moves with the Trump administration’s decision to wind down the NSC’s pandemic office in 2018 — a move that left “the country less prepared for pandemics like covid-19,” Beth Cameron, the office’s former head, wrote in 2020 as covid menaced the globe.

Thank you for the kind words. I hope people listen to the speech.

RT @BillGates: .@antoraenergy and @rondoenergy are making remarkable progress on thermal batteries. Their clean energy solutions are helpin…

Congratulations to BEV portfolio company @antoraenergy for launching their commercial-scale industrial decarbonization technology – a renewable-powered thermal battery that has reached the highest temperature demonstrated to date at full scale. More: nt-z.ro/44YWQAW

Antora’s thermal battery has established a new ultra-high-temperature record, storing energy above 1,800°C. That temperature “opens up pretty much every industrial process,” said Antora co-founder and CEO Andrew Ponec in @FastCompany: bit.ly/3sYLHml

Lovely tribute to my dad and his optimism in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…

The Hottest Thing In Energy Storage ft. @antoraenergy CEO Andrew Ponec on #WhatsYourProblem with @jacobgoldstein: bit.ly/42w79fy

Newton Minow had 97 years of influential and ever-curious life chicagotribune.com/entertain…

We mourn the passing of Newton N. Minow, former chair of the FCC and PBS. In addition to being a monumental figure in mass media and fierce champion for public television, he played an instrumental role in the development of Digital Promise. bit.ly/44CK6RJ

One of the many many things about my uncle Newt that I will always be in awe of is just how young he was, even at age 97–young in spirit, in mind, never giving up on his ideals, only ever seeing what’s possible, always looking to the future.

Exciting things are happening @antoraenergy

Proud of my friend and grateful as an American. @BenLaBolt is the best there is. Smart. Tough. And don't tell anyone, but he's also got a big heart. Critical leadership role in a critical moment--Ben is exactly the right person for the job.

Happy 97th birthday Jan 17 to my wonderful dad, Newton Minow, co founder of the Presidential debates and @PBS, chair of @FCC 61-63. And Barack Obama met Michelle in his office. World’s best dad! I’m

I’ll always remember that historic night when the Obama campaign won Iowa in 2008. The power of that speech moved me as a 13 year old. One of my favourite behind the scenes images from that night 💙

Happy belated birthday @jonlovett