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SAN FRANCISCO, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, a more than 350-attorney law firm focused on the global venture capital, growth equity and emerging companies ecosystem, announces the addition of Michael Allers as a corporate partner in the San Francisco office. He joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a partner in the San Francisco office. Mike will add to our already impressive practice representing marquee growth equity funds in their investments, said Ivan Gaviria, Gunderson Dettmer s Northern California regional leader. Since 2015, Gunderson Dettmer has represented clients in more than 650 growth financings raising over $245 billion for the world s most innovative companies. Mike brings his own strong track record to the practice and is a welcome addition to the firm.
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WASHINGTON, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer questions at 3:45 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 6, about their historic mission on the International Space Station and return to Earth. The news conference will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency s website.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will participate in the first media event following their mission and splashdown.
This will be a virtual event with no media present, due to the safety restrictions related to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Reporters who wish to participate by telephone must call the newsroom at NASA s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 281-483-5111 to RSVP no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using the hashtag #AskNASA.
6 Mr. Joseph Bryan, Senior Advisor on Climate to the U.S. Secretary of Defense spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff about “The Security Implications of Climate Change,” and how the United States military and the world can benefit from reducing carbon emissions during the latest Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL), April 27.
Bryan is an internationally-recognized expert on energy policy and clean energy, serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy during the Obama Administration.
Quoting Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Byran began the lecture by saying, “There is little about what the Department [of Defense] does to defend the American people that is not affected by climate change.”
How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a U.S. Contractor
This article was written by our Investigator Zack Kopplin and was originally published here.
Afghanistan’s crags and valleys hold at least a trillion dollars’ worth of minerals, first mapped by Soviet geologists in the 1970s. Local warlords and foreign powers have plundered these deposits ever since.
The Taliban and other armed groups have battled both the central government and each other for control of the mines, using them to fund their insurgencies. Even former U.S. President Donald Trump coveted Afghanistan’s gold, lithium, uranium, and other mineral riches. In 2017, Trump was persuaded to keep troops in the country by its president, Ashraf Ghani, who dangled the prospect of mining contracts for American companies.
StealthPath President Russ Berkoff Promoted to CEO
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RESTON, Va., April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ StealthPath LLC, a leader in innovative cybersecurity solutions, announced that President Russ Berkoff will also serve as Chief Executive Officer. Company founder and former CEO Andrew Gordon will continue as Chairman of the Board.
Since joining the company in February 2019, Berkoff has led the commercialization of StealthPath s patented zero trust offerings, extending capabilities from a highly secure device-level solution to a staged series of products enabling easier adoption. Development is driven by the firm s Zero Trust Capability and Maturity Model, detailing organizational and network controls necessary to implement strict identification and policy authorization parameters throughout the enterprise network. This methodology is currently in use in critical infrastructure activities by Department of Defense clients. StealthPa