Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates: TRUMP to PEOPLE: ‘I’m ... the highest level of smart’ -- 4 hours of sleep – On working out: ‘Don’t have to. When you’re ... making America great again, you get a lot of exercise’
From: "Mike Allen" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:45:33 -0600

03/30/2016 07:43 AM EDT

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email-masked]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email-masked])

Good Wednesday morning. GREAT MENTIONER: Roger Stone sends this hot addition for our Trump Cabinet list: CNBC's Larry Kudlow for Treasury Secretary!

BREAKING - Hillary TV ad attacks Trump, without mentioning him: Clinton does the voiceover, but is unseen, in a spot launching today in New York, ahead of April 19 primary. An aide: "In her remarks at her campaign event today in Harlem, Clinton will echo the same points."

--Hillary voiceover: "New York. Twenty million people strong. No, we don't all look the same. We don't all sound the same, either. But when we pull together, we do the biggest things in the world. So when some say we can solve America's problems by building walls -- banning people based on their religion -- and turning against each other -- well, this is New York. And we know better. I'm Hillary Clinton. And I approve this message." YouTube  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbd6f8982d41889320fe692024c2ddf5809f455811f1e90ecc

YOU'RE INVITED! Playbook Breakfast on FRIDAY with two West Wing officials running the SCOTUS nomination and confirmation process: White House Counsel Neil Eggleston and senior adviser Brian Deese. They'll take us inside the meetings that Judge Garland has held over the last two weeks, discuss the latest landscape and preview the White House's next moves.

--Doors open Friday at 7:30 a.m.; program starts at 8 at the Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW (Metro: Farragut North or West). RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb687e168cb4605e047316d59552fc186a82e13207974ef729

--"White House maps out next phase of Court fight: The administration feels like it has the advantage - and plans to press the pace in April," by Isaac Dovere, with Seung Min Kim in Iowa: "With small cracks emerging in the Republican Supreme Court blockade - and private indications from some GOP senators that they'd likely back Merrick Garland if he ever did come up for a vote - the White House is preparing to press its perceived political advantage when senators return from their recess next week. ...

"The Supreme Court nominee will have met with 10 senators as of Wednesday, and the White House is looking to load his schedule full with the 52 additional senators (including 16 Republicans) who've said publicly they'll see the judge ...

"That [will continue until] the next, one-week recess in May. [Then] the White House will shift its focus to calling for hearings ... 'It's a game of inches at this point, but if you continue to put inches on the board, you cover some distance,' said one White House aide. ... [W]hile they're still skeptical Garland will get anywhere near being confirmed, the West Wing does at least see a path forward, if only for strengthening the case they'll make against Republican senators going into the fall elections. ...

"The administration thinks it can capitalize on the end of the current Supreme Court term in June - and the possibility of more high-profile decisions deadlocking on 4-4 splits - coming just before the Senate's summer recess. ... Getting a hearing will be nearly impossible, with not just the Republican leadership but every member of the Judiciary Committee signed on to a letter opposing any movement." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbccd8529a939c971b61420158acf1daccfe6ed59a7bdf4cc3

--"How Democrats could force a Supreme Court vote," by Seung Min Kim in Orange City, Iowa: "In ... town halls in northwest Iowa this week, [Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley] predicted that Senate Democrats ultimately will use a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on Garland - a rare move that would amount to a major affront to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ... 'There's nothing we can do about it. Under the rules of the United States Senate, that resolution can be offered anytime,' Grassley told reporters after a Tuesday town hall here, referring to a procedural maneuver called a motion to discharge. ...

"[U]sing a motion to discharge to try to force a vote could ultimately become a nuclear option of sorts for Democrats in the contentious battle to confirm Garland." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb0a65394bfe5f31b9c320a661cdbbfc95dd074c352b9e696a

--"House Conservatives Trying to Kill Lame-Duck Session," by HuffPost's Matt Fuller: "When the House returns from a two-week recess on April 12, a small group of members are gearing up [to try] to stop GOP leadership in both chambers ... from holding a legislative session after the November election. ... [That] would mean the House would be in session just 17 days for the rest of the year after July 15 - and zero past Sept. 30. ... House conservatives don't want to take any chances that the Senate confirms a Supreme Court nominee or that Congress rams through a big budget agreement ... or the ... trade deal." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb198b2c1a7c84cf2b762a68c2b8455702311eddc4351cf87b

PEOPLE Magazine cover, "Who Is the Real Donald Trump? 'I'm a Much Nicer Person than People Would Think'" -- He tells Charlotte Triggs: "Listen to the crowd. There's no violence. It's a media fabrication." ... Asked about how he would handle the nation's nuclear-launch codes, Trump says, "That would be such a last resort ... Nobody is going to mess with us. But I would be very, very slow on the draw." ... Asked if he sometimes speaks before thinking, Trump says, "I know what I'm doing. I'm a smart person. The highest level of smart." ...

Trump also boasts he only needs 4 hours of sleep a night and when asked about his workout, he says: "Don't have to. When you're making speeches for 25,000 people and shouting and screaming and having fun with everybody and making America great again, you get a lot of exercise." See the cover and story, co-written with Sandra Sobieraj Westfall http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb3d7d9f0b3420134d8329e7523cbf6756215a48bc4a8b1bd2

FIRST PERSON - People's Charlotte Triggs: "He's a media-savvy guy, always taking care to pay me a compliment. This time, it was: 'You're so beautiful' and, for a journalist, the much more flattering line, 'I really don't give interviews anymore. [!] But I respect PEOPLE and I respect you.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbc5dfea8c1284c878a1b42afb330c41ee777bcbecff351a11

** A message from the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates: The UAE stands with the US and President Obama in a shared commitment to stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons. This is one of many areas where the UAE and US work together to strengthen stability and security in the Mideast and around the world. Learn more: bit.ly/1WFzIyE **

HOT VIDEOS - "Mean Girls Read Donald Trump Tweets" -- 2-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb32ce38eb35817cd3852c1f4d2a25d1694ac03828a6ca20ec ...Latest viral panda video, from the Smithsonian's National Zoo: "Rub-a-dub-dub #TianTian in a tub! Keepers provided him a tub of water with non-toxic bubble bath soap. He really soaked it up." 20-second video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb35fcfbcc6c796cc841af9a073badc8d88b2cfd2f83645eff

CHARLIE ROSE SCOOP - "Lew says announcement on woman on US currency coming soon," by AP Economics Writer Marty Crutsinger: The "Treasury Secretary ... says even though the woman selected will go on the $10 bill, Alexander Hamilton will still be honored. ... 'He's not leaving our money,' Lew says ... on ... 'Charlie Rose' ... Hamilton is ... on the $10 bill and his supporters, including new fans attracted by the hit Broadway musical 'Hamilton,' have mounted a lobbying campaign ... [Lew] said that the $10 bill was just the first in a series of bills that will be redesigned ... to keep U.S. currency safe from counterfeiting." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb9d82428e5ce82972bf33208ced6c576e2f96e1e3d904f2d1

JUST POSTED ... Mayor of the World MIKE BLOOMBERG and JOE BIDEN on Bloomberg View, "Curing Cancer Is Within Reach": "[I]n support of the cancer moonshot, we are thrilled that Johns Hopkins University will create the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, thanks to private grants of $125 million. This new institute will build on the school's groundbreaking work in immunotherapy, one of the most promising avenues of research." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb3dce46695ba49e3000068934d8c4daa0c2b2d03ed6806517

TOP TWEETS: @realDonaldTrump: "@DavidGregory got thrown off of TV by NBC, fired like a dog! Now he is on @CNN being nasty to me. Not nice! ... Why is this reporter touching me as I leave news conference? What is in her hand?? ... Victory press conference was over. Why is she allowed to grab me and shout questions? Can I press charges? ... I have millions more votes/hundreds more dels than Cruz or Kasich, and yet am not being treated properly by the Republican Party or the RNC" ... @DouthatNY: "Team Trump's handling of the Fields incident is basically a blueprint for turning a minor airspace issue w/China into thermonuclear war."

HOT DOC - 3-page PDF: Lewandowski police report http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb8d9ce94cadbe941ef464c5d18645f130d369b6aee38f4129

--"Battery case against Trump campaign manager seen as strong: 'You have the most corroborating evidence I've seen in a battery case in a long time,' a veteran Florida defense attorney says," by Marc Caputo in Miami: "Miami-Dade criminal defense attorney Patrick J. McGeehan said that, while the evidence indicates there was a battery, the prosecutors might not push the case because it might not be a slam dunk. In reviewing the video footage, McGeehan said, there's a possibility that prosecutors could consider how aggressively Fields pursued Trump as she tried to question him." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbd4d730b9f0a731ca4475f6cedb2a5f0713f4fd8f6ea66410

--Eli Stokols, Hadas Gold and Nick Gass: "Lewandowski will be represented by Scott Richardson in West Palm Beach and Kendall Coffey in Miami. Coffey has had his own trouble with the law, resigning from his job as the top federal prosecutor in South Florida in 1996 after reports alleged that he had bitten a stripper. Lewandowski's court date is set for May 4 ... According to the police report, video from surveillance cameras at Trump National where the incident took place shows Lewandowski reaching for and grabbing Fields. ... The first-degree misdemeanor carries a maximum $1,000 fine and a maximum jail term of up to one year in prison." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb9e216ad3854fdb0a71ffa3139c47c8f3f495aeda05d9aca2 ...
 12-second surveillance video, released by Jupiter police http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbbb4de406ec2f5c842b406df8abb193b71af5ca24888fcd02

DAILY DONALD -- N.Y. Times A12, "Trump vs. Cruz Creates Headache for Radio Hosts," by Nick Corasaniti: "Trump and [Michael] Savage reconciled in a mostly fawning interview ... Mark Levin and Glenn Beck endorsed [Cruz], and have been critical of Mr. Trump. ... Sean Hannity has not publicly staked out a side ... But he warned that any effort to deny Mr. Trump ... if he came close to the 1,237 majority of delegates would be the downfall of the Republican Party. 'If they try to steal this nomination or disenfranchise the voters, it would be the end of the Republican Party ... I guarantee you, it's over.'" With a Doug Heye cameo http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb8ed43d94f641d02bb160c44b4c4a4df779fd5979255ea6e3

CONVENTION INTRIGUE -- "Rubio working to play a role at GOP national convention," by AP's Steve Peoples and Stephen Ohlemacher: "Rubio has sent letters to Republican officials in states [such as Oklahoma and Alaska] where he has won delegates, charging he wants to keep his delegates, even though he's no longer an active candidate. Representatives from Rubio's network said the former candidate wants to retain his delegates in order to keep his options open in the coming months." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb0b4a0049093ad83b7939c9c1c2bad65eeb63e2b606a243d2

WHAT THE RIGHT IS READING - Jonah Goldberg, lead story on National Review, "Charting a Course around a Trump Nomination": "Cruz would be the most likely victor in a floor fight, but that isn't assured. The longer the balloting goes, the more likely it is that the bitter and bleary-eyed delegates will opt to order off-menu. That's what Kasich is allegedly counting on. But Kasich is widely disliked, and it might be a good deal easier to find a unifying candidacy in, say, Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Nikki Haley, or Mike Pence." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb7f565ee5197c3a39961f208b0e46586040ade4e995217a4f

TV TONIGHT: Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS.

N.Y. DAILY NEWS cover, "CROCK THE VOTE - Superdelegates: Even if Bernie wins our state, we'll still pick Hil cuz she's our pal." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb6ceb35045419769eb884397ca983f17032a2de250b56aace ... Story by Adam Edelman: "At least a half-dozen [!] Democratic superdelegates ... said ... they would maintain their allegiance to her - regardless of the results of the Empire State's primary." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbb637dfc0f7466d94032a6a674684839933b596b382281604

LIFE ONLINE - WSJ D1 (Personal Journal), Sue Shellenbarger's "Work & Family" column, "Parents Love or Hate the Late-Night Email Catch-Up" (with A1 tease, "The Midnight Email Shift"): "Cali Yost, a consultant and author of "Tweak It," a book on managing work and life[,] ... advises ... turning off your phone for an hour during dinner or leaving work a half-hour early to attend your child's soccer game-and staying off the phone while you're there. 'If you do those things consistently, all of a sudden you're finding your place that makes you feel your best' ...

"Jake Knapp of San Francisco took steps to separate work and home after his older son was born. ... Knapp, author of a new book on the process, 'Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days,' [said:] 'I work with tech companies all the time, but I'm very low-tech at home' ... Knapp, a design partner with Google Ventures[,] installed a vacation timer on his home Internet, turning it off every evening. He has removed the Internet and email from his phone, and the family doesn't own a TV. All this clears up time for playing with his two sons, Luke, 12, and Flynn, 5, after dinner." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbb67a651dff682692b02bd0f96d6a3f1b760bb1dc544f0265

MEDIAWATCH -- "Bloomberg is dropping the Business from Bloomberg Business to leave just Bloomberg," by Digiday's Lucia Moses: "Bloomberg Business will be simply 'Bloomberg.' The consumer financial news site will just go by the name of its namesake founder as part of a homepage redesign that went live Tuesday afternoon. ... A ... tech vertical is also in the works for later this year." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb4e4258ec01cc02847cc2cc1786c88c646ba0637b1f291624 ...Justin Smith's memo http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb17a77a12be73770d83c73ec2b4d4f38e55500724972f26a8

--"[Peter] Goodman returning to New York Times," by Talking Biz News' Chris Roush: "Times business editor Dean Murphy [emailed] the staff on Tuesday[:] ... 'Goodman - reporter, editor and author - is returning to The Times as our London-based economics correspondent. He succeeds Danny Hakim, who is focusing on investigative and large enterprise targets. ... He has spent the last two years as global editor in chief of The International Business Times." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb96f08da951f41ba82e40129f1eb369490c555d6e98327f6c 

- "The New York Times May Make It Harder to Use Facebook and Twitter to Jump Its Paywall," by Re/code's Peter Kafka: "The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories that Facebook and Twitter users can read each month without paying for a subscription. Two months ago, the Times began capping some Facebook users' access to the site at 10 articles a month ... On Friday ... the NYT expanded the test limits to referrals from Twitter and other services." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbe4b5a6359ad8116400a96750cdf26b1aa0c316c739405796

DIANE MACEDO to ABC News -- president James Goldston emailed the staff: "Macedo is joining ABC News as anchor of World News Now and America This Morning and will be a New York-based correspondent starting [Tuesday]. ... Diane joins us from WCBS in New York."

NEW BETSY FISCHER MARTIN and TAMMY HADDAD podcast - They talk to campaign veterans Haley Barbour and Bob Shrum for Bloomberg's Masters in Politics podcast. Barbour's reaction to Paul Manafort leading the Trump delegate effort: "I think the concern would be for Trump supporters that they've started so late. Cruz has been much more aggressively active on the ground."

Shrum, who worked on Ted Kennedy's 1980 challenge to Jimmy Carter (and wrote his convention concession speech): "There is an analogy [between Teddy and Bernie] and it's not a happy one necessarily for the Sanders campaign. Kennedy did very well in the second half of the primary season. Won California, won New Jersey, won New Mexico on the last day, and nearly won Ohio. If there had been a lot of winner-take-all states, it's quite conceivable that he would have been the nominee. But the proportional representation rules in the Democratic party mean that once you get behind, it's very difficult to catch up." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb80367b892e43833d920d9e657fe7264c44e1169a1b826961

HEADLINE HISTORY - 35 years ago today - Anniversary of Reagan's attempted assassination, NYT, March 31, 1981, "Reagan Wounded in Chest by Gunman; Outlook 'Good' After 2-Hour Surgery; Aide and 2 Guards Shot; Suspect Held -- Bush Flies Back from Texas Set to Take Charge in Crisis -- Left Lung is Pierced -- Coloradan, 25, Arrested -- Brady, Press Chief is Critically Injured -- Suspect Was Arrested Last Year In Nashville on Weapons Charge". See the page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb1d02a1fa2b2113186693dc7aaaa7e25f64f8149cb4bdb79e

--WashPost, March 31, 1981, "Reagan Wounded by Assailant's Bullet; Prognosis Is 'Excellent'; 3 Others Shot -- Suspected Gunman: An Aimless Drifter -- The Morbid Echo" with bylines from David S. Broder, Lou Cannon, and Haynes Johnson. See the page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb3326b148cdfd48296f34547188125c09729ff954bee3f6f7

SPOTTED: former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, shopping unnoticed yesterday in the McLean Giant. Our tipster: "Apparently a believer in fish oil."

ROMNEY ALUMNI ... 2016 PLAYERS - "[Poolhouse] looks ahead after riding Rubio wave," by Richmond BizSense's Jonathan Spiers: "[Will] Ritter, 32, and [Tim] O'Toole, 31, said ... their spots resemble a tour documentary as much as a standard political ad. ... Ritter said they picked Richmond to benefit from Virginia's off-year election calendar, which helps with workflow. Beyond political candidates, its client list includes such brands as Anheuser-Busch, College Football Playoff and the National Association of Manufacturers." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb89894bc69ddd4ce4e286e46490c739a974daa14e07bf0fe3

WASHINGTON, INC. -- "Daschle is officially a lobbyist now: The former Democratic leader resisted registering under a loophole that now bears his name," by Politico Influence writer Isaac Arnsdorf: "Health care giant Aetna will be the first official client for [Daschle,] who's now running his own consulting shop within the law firm Baker Donelson." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb81a540e5720a0494a47676a8e6f29858375d6709e18e2270 ... Subscribe to Politico Influence http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb40b4b5af978559a5960f818ac9b2fb337d4e7b1479b7dccc

TRANSITIONS -- Chris Georgia joins FP1 Strategies as partner in its digital practice - forthcoming release: Georgia was "digital director for ... Jeb Bush's presidential campaign, where he was responsible for and oversaw all online persuasion advertising, online fundraising, development and web design. ... [Before Jeb] Georgia led all digital operations for the [NRCC's] independent expenditure unit and prior to that served as the digital director for the American Action Network." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbb54b6776aef49cd8f96fb7a84ec7b9465205f4dc1a92ef44 ... www.fp1strategies.com

--"Business Insider Names Mario Ruiz Senior Vice President, Communications": "Ruiz will oversee all communications for Business Insider Inc., publisher of Business Insider, Tech Insider, and seven international editions of Business Insider. ... He headed communications for The Huffington Post for five years ... Ruiz most recently oversaw corporate communications for Revlon." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb3674b5dce6a318b0dbda471ddb7b669b4aa4876d10994d50

SPORTS BLINK -- "NBC Rings Up $1 Billion in Ad Sales for Rio Olympics, 4 Months Faster Than London," by AdWeek's Tim Baysinger: Last time "NBC reached that mark July 25, 2012, just two days prior to the opening ceremonies. This year, NBC reached that mark with 129 days left to go until the Aug. 5 opening ceremonies. ... One of the possible reasons for the four-month lead on London: Rio's TV-friendly time zone. The Brazilian metropolis is only one hour ahead of the East Coast, ensuring much of NBC's prime-time coverage will be live." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb630d1ffba06be244b94a5cfe7c8c1ba7754b7538615cd457

- "Peter King Signs Multiyear Extension with Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated Group": "King will continue in his role spearheading the editorial direction for TheMMQB.com, the wildly popular football destination launched in 2013. ... He joined Sports Illustrated in 1989 and became a prolific reporter who is deeply respected for his work ethic and network of sources." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb395c42086641ec56acd66720871e22482af7c30bd0f18e6f 

--"NFL demands retraction of Times article on player concussions," by Joe Pompeo: "In a letter that was sent to the Times' legal counsel Monday ... an attorney for the NFL, Brad S. Karp, called the story 'false and defamatory' and issued a 'demand that the story immediately be retracted.' ... Spokesman Joe Lockhart published a 2,500-word rebuttal on the league's website [and] the NFL ran ads on nytimes.com to promote the steps it says it has taken to advance player safety; at least one of the ads appeared in a banner placement directly above the concussions story." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cb9d77bc6fd05021b4242357bbb886990781f6bd4dd8087605 ... Lockhart's rebuttal http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbc5425ac846c89243f51d9218913d4ab4bfa517cf595e48c8 The
 original NYT story http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c3ab54bbabfe37cbcc1013f1d798060123d0d38e32b2a6aae95be5674528886f

BIRTHDAYS: Piers Morgan is 51 ... Tracey Schmitt Lintott, a Bush 43 WH alum now SVP of global public affairs at Emergent BioSolutions (paw tip: Sir Sushi, her Pomeranian who walked down the aisle at her wedding last spring) ... Mark Pfeifle, the pride of Wishek, N.D., a former Bush and NSC national security messaging machine now crisis comms. counselor and founder of Off The Record Strategies (h/t James Davis) ... Casey Higgins, an Appleton, Wis., native, senior assistant to Speaker Ryan for policy, is 3-0, celebrating with Wisconsin beer and cheese on the Speakers Balcony (hubby tip: Juston Johnson) ... Suzy Khimm ... Cate and Clare Morrell (we jumped the gun yesterday) ... Joe Kildea,
 director of media relations at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and a "student pilot, hunter, sailor, Hoya," per his Twitter (h/t Saliterman) ...

... former Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, founder of consulting firm Northern Compass Group ... Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) ... Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) ... Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), running for Marco Rubio's Senate seat ... John Hudson, senior reporter at Foreign Policy ... Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet (h/t Jeff Cartwright) ... Randee Ulsh Gilmore, a Ogilvy Washington alum now marketing and comms. manager at Odell, Simms & Lynch (h/t Ted Greener) ... NBC News' Bradleigh Chance ... Kivvit's Zach Silber (h/ts Olivia Petersen) ... Bob Blancato is 65, just days after becoming the Chair of the American Society on Aging ...Politico's Sandhya Raman ... Paul Hoffman, president/CEO at
 Liberty Science Center ... HuffPost's Jessica Schulberg ... Politico alum Michael Stockert, now at Blackboard ...

... Drew Maloney, VP of global government affairs and public policy at Hess (h/t Wayne) ... Lisa Horowitz (h/t son and Politico alum Adam Lerner) ... David Greer, VP for media and consumer comms. at of National Association of Realtors ... Scott Rasmussen ... Peter Rasmussen, special adviser to the director of the U.S. Mint and a Business Forward alum ... Peter La Fountain, DNC alum now an LA on the Hill ... Jeremy Sturchio, USTR alum now senior director for global gov't relations at Visa ... Susan Tyler Hitchcock, senior editor for books at NatGeo ... Alex Kingsbury, deputy ideas editor at Boston Globe and a WBUR alum ... James Pollock ...

... Danielle Simonetta Maurer, Boehner alum now at Fierce Government Relations ... Mark Strand, Jim Talent alum now president of the Congressional Institute and adjunct professor of legislative affairs at GWU ... Jill Hanauer ... Gail Stoltz ... Mark Daley, partner at Propper Daley and a Hillary alum ... Susan Lagana ... Dana Grisolano ... Michael Adler (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ... Gerrard Williams ... Matt Laslo ... Chris Berardini ... Sue Robinson ... Terry Babcock-Lumish ... Charles Lee ... game show host Peter Marshall is 90 ... Warren Beatty is 79 ... Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues) is 75 (h/t Dave Nave) ... Eric Clapton is 71 ... MC Hammer is 53 ... Celine Dion is 48 ... Norah Jones is 37
 ... country singer Thomas Rhett is 26 (h/ts AP)

** A message from the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates: Together, the UAE and US are working to make the Middle East more secure and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The UAE is the only country in the Arabian Gulf to have a civilian nuclear energy accord (also known as a 123 Agreement) with the US. Called the "gold standard" by nonproliferation experts and government leaders, the UAE has boldly pledged not to enrich uranium or extract plutonium.

Next year, the UAE's first nuclear energy station will begin generating safe, clean electricity. A leader in developing new technologies for renewable and sustainable energy, the UAE is also home to the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Masdar Institute.

Learn about how the UAE and US are united for a better future: bit.ly/1WFzIyE **

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