Paul Brinkley
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"Paul Andrew Brinkley" is an American businessman and government official. Brinkley is the co-founder and current CEO of North America Western Asia Holdings, an investment and business development firm based in Washington, D.C. Brinkley served as the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under Secretary of Defense/Secretaries of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates from 2004 to 2011.

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It's still fairly marginal... and it's a complicated sell.

I wouldn't call it a failure. We went in with very low expectations.

We need industry to be vocal about where we are missing the ball. There's ample opportunity to grow business with the government in helping it adopt best practices.

Every six months over the next 10 years, things will get better. I don't think this stuff ever ends. We continue to improve.

Yeah, we're stoked about this show. For us, I can't imagine a better place to play. I've been coming here for years to hear bands, but I never imagined playing here. It's definitely different than playing the (Bainbridge Island) Grange, but we'll give this just as much spirit.