Diary Prequel
Diary Prequel
263 pages · 214,930 wordsThe Diary Prequel is one of five packages in the release. Its 263 pages yielded 214,930 words: 980 diary entries, 2 messages and 0 documents, spanning Mar 2, 2001 to Jul 11, 2015. The source file is 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf.
Diary Prequel
2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
263PDF pages
214,930Words captured
980Diary entries
2Messages
0Documents
Contents in order982
Mar 2, 2001Diary14 words
meet with Anne Phelps at White House to discuss global AIDS and other issues.
Apr 3, 2001Diary92 words
Extensive briefing of Secr. Thompson’s staff (Halaska, Steiger, Ann Agnew) regarding International AIDS. Secretary Thompson dropped by and spent most…
Apr 4, 2001Diary69 words
I was asked to prepare talking points on AIDS for Secretary. Thompson for his upcoming plane trip with Pres, Bush to (?). I did so. Thompson’s staff…
Apr 5, 2001Diary68 words
Several hour meeting in the Situation Room of the White House chaired by Gary Edson (Condoleeza Rice’s Deputy) of NSC. Meeting attended by….. Bill…
Apr 11, 2001Diary2,233 words
Attached below is the document and some comments. ---------------------- Forwarded by Millicent H. Schwenk/NSC/EOP on 04/11/2001 11:16 AM…
Apr 11, 2001Diary7,205 words
Attached below is what is to be the final document: Draft Privileged and Confidential For Official Use Only Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS…
Apr 20, 2001Diary420 words
Last day of meeting and my day of departure. Discussions continued and we all realized how difficult it would be to accomplish this lofty goal of…
Apr 24, 2001Diary59 words
Spent 30 minutes on the phone with Secretary Tommy Thompson briefing him on my trip to Uganda. Thompson is getting ready to brief the Cabinet and…
May 5, 2001Diary492 words
Important conference call with DHHS. On call was Art Lawrence (Acting ASH), Eric Goosby, Helene Gayle, ASH-Designate Claude Allen, Jeff Copeland…
Aug 2, 2001Diary194 words
Had meeting at NIH (Building 31, 7A-24 Conference room called by Richard Falkenrath of the National Security Council who is Ambassador to the…
Aug 9, 2001Diary301 words
After much deliberation and soul searching, President Bush decided and announced that Federal funding would be allowed for research on embryo-derived…
Aug 10, 2001Diary244 words
Secretary Tommy Thompson came to NIH to hold a press conference to discuss the embryonic stem cell decision. He requested that I be with him on stage…
Aug 12, 2001Diary67 words
CNN in association with Time Magazine ran a special program on “America’s Best in Science and Medicine”. I was featured in an 11 minute segment along…
Aug 13, 2001Diary53 words
Bob Wood (Chief of Staff for HHS Secretary Thompson) phoned and said that Secr. Thompson and President Bush have been discussing my turning down of…
Aug 14, 2001Diary122 words
Terrell Halaska (Deputy Chief of Staff to Secr. Thompson) called with almost identical pleas as that of Bob Wood (see above). She mentioned that I am…
Aug 15, 2001Diary24 words
As I had promised, I called back Bob Wood and told him exactly what I had told Terrell Halaska. Bob also was very understanding.
Aug 20, 2001Diary41 words
Secr. Thompson spends entire day at NIH as part of his week at NIH. I presented to him on Global Health and Vaccine Development at NIH. Also, Gary…
Aug 21, 2001Diary139 words
Attended a meeting at the White House of the Policy Coordinating Committee of the Biological Weapons Conference group. Chaired by Robert Joseph…
Aug 23, 2001Diary94 words
Secr.Thompson on a visit to NIH again offered me the position as NIH Director and said that the President wanted me and that I could indeed be NIH…
Sep 11, 2001Diary719 words
Day of infamy. I was in New York City at the time of the attack on the World Trade Center. Below is a note that I sent to Andy Saxon (in response to…
Sep 17, 2001Diary264 words
While I was at DHHS for the smallpox meetings, Secretary Thompson called me in his office and said that although he had said that he would not ask me…
Sep 24, 2001Diary112 words
Yet another visit to the White House, this time to review the final document on Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Alternative Concepts. We agreed…
Oct 10, 2001Diary854 words
Met at St Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C. with Secretary Thompson; Secretary of State for Health, UK Mr. Alan Milburn; Minister of Health of Canada…
Oct 23, 2001Diary173 words
Major problem in that DC Postal workers are enraged that they were not given CIPRO. They feel that there was not enough care in surveying their…
Oct 24, 2001Diary93 words
Called to emergency meeting at DHHS. Thompson in a very concerned state of mind; asked for my help and counsel. We now have reliable intelligence…
Oct 31, 2001Diary57 words
NYC “outlier” women dies of inhalation anthrax. Still no connection with postal cases. Could this be an outlier of the existing paradigm or the…
Nov 1, 2001Diary77 words
Had extraordinary briefing of Democratic Senate Caucus on bioterrorism. Present among others were Sens. Lieberman, Daschle, Boxer, Mikulski, Cleland…
Nov 2, 2001Diary93 words
Important Senate Hearing of the Labor, HHS Subcommittee chaired by Tom Harkin. Also present were Sens. Spector, Byrd, and Stevens. Hearing on…
Nov 3, 2001Diary27 words
There was a spoof on me and Attorney General Aschroft on “Saturday Night Live”. No new cases of anthrax. Kathy Nguyen case in NYC still a mystery.
Nov 4, 2001Diary34 words
I appear on “Face the Nation” with Sen. Ted Kennedy and others; also on CSPAN’s Washington Journal and CNN Special. No new issues. Nov. 5-12, 2001 –…
Nov 13, 2001Diary369 words
Went to an extraordinary dinner at the home of the Saudi Ambassador to the USA (Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) Sat at table with his wife…
Dec 4, 2001Diary347 words
Probably one of the most significant days for NIH and me regarding the budget of the institution. Word was that the “pass back” for NIH would be $0.5…
Dec 7, 2001Diary276 words
Negotiated with Ed Sontag (Asst Secr. For Management at DHHS) regarding restructuring and consolidation of the NIH from an administrative standpoint…
Dec 8, 2001Diary73 words
Thompson tried to call me at home last night (Friday), but I was out. He called me on Saturday in my office and told me that President Bush has…
Dec 12, 2001Diary290 words
Met with Sen. Brownback and his aide Rob Wassinger. Brownback was concerned about statements that I made 13 years ago! Concerning the then new SCID…
Dec 14, 2001Diary744 words
Spoke with Rick Klausner about his perception about NIH Director. Rick feels that the WH is not leveling with Thompson since he has heard that they…
Dec 27, 2001Diary546 words
Receive a letter from Sen Brownback dated Dec. 19, 2001 in which he states that he is “deeply concerned by your inability to define the entity…
Jan 24, 2002Diary67 words
Tommy Thompson calls me at home at 9:30 PM (he was sequestered in “the bunker” for security reasons) and tells me that he spoke with Clay Johnson…
Jan 26, 2002Diary462 words
I go to the Annual Alphalfa Dinner at the Capitol Hilton as a Guest of Robert Wood (“Woody”) Johnson IV.. Amazing scene! Virtually every important…
Feb 4, 2002Diary17 words
An editorial in the Washington Post calls for President Bush to appointment me as the NIH Director.
Feb 5, 2002Diary212 words
Spectacular day! I traveled on Air Force One with President Bush to Pittsburgh to spin his FY2003 budget on Bioterrorism and to visit scientists at…
Feb 8, 2002Diary26 words
Sheryl Stolberg suggests in the New York Times that Bush should appoint me. She mentions that the sticking point is my requirement to do both jobs.
Feb 15, 2002Diary45 words
Laura Meckler wrote a piece for AP on the right wing Family Research Council opposing my nomination for NIH Director based on my philosophy on fetal…
Feb 23, 2002Diary75 words
Article in New York Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg telling the story as it happened saying that I am no longer a candidate for NIH Director’s job. She…
Mar 5, 2002Diary79 words
Secretary Thompson called me today and said that he was very upset, but I will not be asked to be NIH Director. He said that he was being forced by…
Mar 9, 2002Diary131 words
Attended Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, D.C. Spent time speaking with President Bush, Karl Rove, Clay Johnson, Donna Shalala, Tim Russert, Sam…
Mar 26, 2002Diary17 words
I went to White House ceremony where Pres. Bush announced Elias Zerhouni as nominee for NIH Director.
Mar 27, 2002Diary42 words
Went to NYC for Press Conference for the announcement of my receiving the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine, which is the largest prize in…
Mar 28, 2002Diary475 words
Big press conference at DHHS for the announcement of the publication in NEJM of the dilution studies for smallpox vaccine. Also, in same issue of…
May 23, 2002Diary164 words
For the past 2 weeks, Mark Dybul, Terrell Halaska and I have been working on a proposal for prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (MCTC) in…
May 29, 2002Diary300 words
I briefed President Bush in the Hamilton Room of the West Wing on the MCTC plan. Present were Josh Bolton (Deputy Chief of Staff), Andrew Card (Chief…
Jun 6, 2002Diary147 words
I found out at National Airport that President Bush was establishing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would encompass 160,000 employees…
Jun 10, 2002Diary30 words
Had breakfast with Treasury Sec. Paul O’Neill this AM to discuss the entire concept of AIDS in Africa. We related very well and he received my…
Jun 13, 2002Diary482 words
Received a call from Richard Falkenrath at the White House who said that he had heard that I was concerned about the $1.748 Billion going to…
Jun 19, 2002Diary1,158 words
Most extraordinary day!! The POTUS requested that I join him and Secs, Thompson, O’Neill, and Powell and Sen. Frist and Andrew Natsios at the Rose…
Jul 14, 2002Diary52 words
C-SPAN’s Washington Journal – I appeared for 45 minutes on the show the morning after returning from the AIDS conference. I had spent July 7-10 at…
Jul 16, 2002Diary90 words
Diane Rehm Show – Spent a terrific 1 hour alone on the show with Diane. I went over the AIDS Conference highlights. I explained about and defended…
Jul 17, 2002Diary212 words
Meeting at the White House with Gary Edson and Jay Lefkowitz. We discussed the details and implementation of the MTCT project. Obviously, there will…
Jul 21, 2002Diary677 words
Over the past few weeks important issues have evolved regarding Biodefense. There is a major struggle going on in the Congress about the formation of…
Jul 25, 2002Diary168 words
Had top secret conference call with Jerry Hauer (HHS), Phil Russell (HHS), Stewart Simonson (HHS), and Lester Crawford (FDA). Subject – VP Cheney has…
Jul 26, 2002Diary247 words
Got an e-mail from Gary Edson at the WH asking if I had completed the Global AIDS Treatment plan to present to him in order to determine if it is…
Aug 1, 2002Diary155 words
Met at the White House with Gary Edson, Jay Lefkowitz, and Margaret La Montagne Spellings to present the Dybul/Fauci plan for comprehensive treatment…
Aug 16, 2002Diary165 words
Went back to White House to present the revised Global AIDS Plan to Gary Edson. Also present were Terrell Halaska, Mark Dybul and Joe O’Neill…
Aug 26, 2002Diary339 words
Meeting at the White House with Gary Edson, Jay Lefkowitz, Margaret Spellings, Ken Thomas (ONAP), Jim Capretta, Robin Cleveland (OMB) and Mark Dybul…
Sep 6, 2002Diary216 words
Two meetings at the White House today: 1) Meeting in Executive Office Building (EOB_ in OMB’s Robin Cleveland’s office with Robin, Gary Edson, Joe…
Sep 17, 2002Diary174 words
Another meeting at the White House on the President’s AIDS initiative. This time I presented the program to Josh Bolten in his office in the West…
Sep 18, 2002Diary390 words
Briefed Secretary Thompson about the upcoming smallpox vaccination policy and role-out. Also present were Julie Gerberding, Stewart Simonson, Michael…
Sep 24, 2002Diary95 words
Had CIA briefing and overall review of smallpox plan in Secr. Thompson’s office with Gov. Ridge, Col. Bob Kadlac, Julie Gerberding, Jerry Hauer, and…
Sep 26, 2002Diary94 words
White House briefing with Carol Kuntz (Assistant to VP Cheney), Kristen Silverberg, Stewart Simonson, Jerry Hauer, Bob Kadlac and others regarding…
Sep 27, 2002Diary65 words
Spoke with Carol Kuntz over the phone and explained some calculations that I had done (see attachment). She apologized for questioning me the day…
Sep 27, 2002Diary973 words
NOTE TO CAROL KUNTZ From: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Carol…
Sep 29, 2002Diary33 words
Received ICAAC Award and gave the ICAAC Award lecture in San Diego on “Bioterrorism in the spectrum of emerging and re-emerging diseases”. Audience…
Sep 30, 2002Diary46 words
Got another top secret briefing from the CIA. Apparently Russia is still making genetically modified microbes for offensive use. Also, was briefed on…
Oct 4, 2002Diary318 words
Engaged with Julie Gerberding, Jerry Hauer, Kevin Keane in a briefing of State and local Public Health officials on the likely roll out plan of…
Oct 10, 2002Diary681 words
Had 2 important meetings at the White House today: First - meeting with Gary Edson, Jay Lefkowitz and Robin Cleveland about the comprehensive AIDS…
Oct 17, 2002Diary182 words
Sent down the 3-pager that Jay and Gary wanted (see above). It calls for the USG taking the lead and committing a considerable amount of money…
Oct 20, 2002Diary51 words
Gary Edson contacted me and likes very much the revised document (see above). We are closing in on it and he will soon show it to Josh Bolten. Oct. 8…
Oct 22, 2002Diary232 words
Had a terrific visit and briefing of Vice President Cheney in the West Wing of the WH. Present were the VP, “Scooter” Libby, Carol Kuntz, Noreen…
Oct 23, 2002Diary182 words
Met with Bono again at the Jefferson Hotel for breakfast. Also present were Jamie Drummond, Lucy Matthew, Katrina and Erin Chapman. We spent almost 2…
Oct 29, 2002Diary286 words
Received today the written version of the oral history that Victoria Harden collected from me a few months ago. See attached document. Fauci on…
Nov 1, 2002Diary83 words
Had a great meeting with Carol Kuntz, Noreen Hynes, and Seth Carus regarding the request of the Vice President for me to list what added powers that…
Nov 12, 2002Diary519 words
See note of Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 above. Gary Edson called me last week and said that they were on the verge of making the decision regarding whether we…
Nov 13, 2002Diary315 words
Multiple meetings in the DHHS to plan roll out of smallpox vaccination plan. It is imminent. The President is planning on having to start bombing…
Nov 19, 2002Diary224 words
Another meeting at the White House with Jay Lefkowitz, Gary Edson, Joe O’Neill, Mark Dybul and me to further discuss the potential for getting the…
Nov 21, 2002Diary168 words
Another pre-roll out meeting at the Department to prepare for the upcoming announcement by the President on the Smallpox vaccination policy. Meeting…
Nov 22, 2002Diary54 words
Gave keynote address at the Holy Cross function at The Supreme Court for “Lift the Cross High”. Justice Clarence Thomas was our host and was the…
Nov 26, 2002Diary151 words
Briefing of Vice President Cheney at the White House regarding Project Bioshield (I made up the name) which is requesting his help in getting me…
Dec 3, 2002Diary167 words
Still waiting for the President to decide on the announcement of the smallpox vaccine policy. Should be tomorrow or next day. Also, a lot of back and…
Dec 4, 2002Diary414 words
Amazing day. I was at one time on 3 different lines with 3 different people at the White House – Gary Edson, Jay Lefkowitz, Carol Kuntz. There was an…
Dec 11, 2002Diary982 words
A truly terrific day! Cheney came to VRC and I presented an updated version of Project Bioshield in the context of going from concept to product in…
Dec 18, 2002Diary595 words
Another exciting day at the White House. Clearly, Scooter Libby and the VP are in favor of pushing for the Vaccine Trust Fund. OMB and the WH…
Dec 23, 2002Diary596 words
Critical meeting at the White House (see above). Attending were VP Cheney and Scooter Libby by teleconference from Jackson Hole; Stewart Simonson…
Dec 24, 2002Diary198 words
Nice surprise today. At 1:00 PM, I received a call in my office. I answered the phone since everyone else had left for the ½ day Christmas eve. On…
Jan 17, 2003Diary104 words
Another meeting at the White House in Andy Card’s office (he was not there). Met with all of the above (Jan. 13/14) plus Patrick Aylward and minus…
Jan 22, 2003Diary36 words
Just heard from Ken Bernard at the WH that the President has decided to include Project Bioshield in the SOTU address. Also, he plans to visit the…
Jan 23, 2003Diary205 words
Another important meeting in the White House with the same people as on Jan. 17 plus Amy Jensen, Ginger Loper. Putting the final touches on the 3…
Jan 24, 2003Diary38 words
More activity back and forth with Gary Edson, Jay Lefkowitz and me on the AIDS issue. It is still alive. They now want me to bring back Peter…
Jan 26, 2003Diary30 words
Peter M. arrives from Uganda and Mark Dybul and I prep him for the White House visit. We have late lunch-early dinner at Mark;s house to brief Peter…
Jan 27, 2003Diary84 words
We (Peter and I) meet with Mitch Daniels. Mitch seems genuinely moved by Peter’s description of AIDS in Africa and is very deferential to Peter and…
Jan 28, 2003Diary229 words
One of the most amazing and important days of my life! Spent the entire day (11 hours) at the White House. I arrive at the White House and Gary Edson…
Jan 29, 2003Diary104 words
Testified to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing chaired by Arlen Specter. Also present were Sens. Harkin and Murray Hearing on Smallpox…
Jan 30, 2003Diary97 words
Testified at the Senate HELP (Health Education Labor and Pensions) Subcommittee Hearing with Julie Gerberding again on the subject of smallpox…
Jan 31, 2003Diary160 words
Spent most of day at DHHS and the WH. President gave absolutely wonderful speech at the WH to the PACHA (Presidential Advisory Committee of HIV/AIDS)…
Feb 3, 2003Diary189 words
Another magical day! In the AM, I brief the POTUS on Project BioShield. Place = Roosevelt Room of the WW. Present are POTUS, VP Cheney, Tom Ridge…
Feb 4, 2003Diary241 words
The world knows that the President’s Plan came from me and I am briefing many people. The WH refers all questions about Project BioShield and The…
Feb 6, 2003Diary100 words
Snow storm in DC. Went out to dinner with Stew Simonson and driving back home from Etrusco’s restaurant on DuPont Circle I hit a patch of ice on…
Feb 13, 2003Diary157 words
Delivered Plenary lecture at the 10th Conference on Retroviruses and OIs in Boston. Spoke on Role of viremia in host abnormalities. Very well…
Feb 13, 2003Diary390 words
Received wonderful FAX from Bono congratulating me on the AIDS initiative. Referred to us as “partners in crime”. Did more briefings on the hill as…
Mar 3, 2003Diary130 words
Had dinner with Senator Bill Frist in his Majority Leader’s Office in the Capitol. He regularly (on Mondays) brings together people with whom he…
Mar 12, 2003Diary329 words
Conference call with me connected to about 50 industry people organized by John Kelly of PhRMA to explain BioShield to them. Always a concern about…
Mar 17, 2003Diary53 words
Gala St. Patrick’s Day dinner and Award Ceremony from The Ireland American League at the National Building Museum. Humanitarian Award to Bono. Chris…
Mar 18, 2003Diary41 words
Senate passes Project BioShield Bill. I hold meeting on Medical/Chemical Biodefense Research at the Bethesda Hyatt as a sequel to February 26 meeting…
Mar 19, 2003Diary134 words
Bombing of Iraq begins. Mar. 19-28, 2003 – Major focus on war. Push towards Bagdad; massive precision bombing; Iraqi irregulars have executed GIs on…
Mar 28, 2003Diary326 words
I gave a talk on Bioterrorism at the American Dental Association meeting in DC on March 28. The last person to come to the microphone to ask a…
Apr 4, 2003Diary240 words
Big day! US army captures Iraq International Airport. I testify before the House Government Reform Committee on the subject of Project BioShield…
Apr 10, 2003Diary134 words
Wonderful day. Went with Chris ( my father, Denise and Jack Scorce were also there) to Ellis Island to receive the Ellis Island Family Heritage…
Apr 19, 2003Diary138 words
Just an unrelated historical note to put all of this in perspective. My daughters are doing marvelously well in school and sports. All 3 are virtual…
Apr 29, 2003Diary256 words
Amazing day!!! Spoke at a Republican leadership lunch at the Senate together with VP Cheney. We were there to promote S-15 (the legislation for…
May 2, 2003Diary25 words
Did “Field Hearing” in Harrisburg, PA for Sen. Specter on SARS. He is running for re-election and clearly wanted to impress his constituents. It…
May 3, 2003Diary508 words
Great evening. I received the “Golden Plate Award” of the Academy of Achievement. It was a Gala affair at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. I…
May 28, 2003Diary88 words
Historic day. President Bush signs the Authorizing legislation for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in the Dean Acheson Auditorium of…
May 31, 2003Diary16 words
Extraordinary feature article on me in The Financial Times with full page picture and complimentary story.
Jun 8, 2003Diary61 words
Feature story on me in the nationally syndicated Parade Magazine of The Washington Post. June 8-18, 2003 – Continued activity and briefings…
Jun 18, 2003Diary61 words
Went to West Wing of WH to brief General John Gordon the new Director of the WH Office of Homeland Security and Special Assistant to the President…
Jun 19, 2003Diary30 words
Appeared on a panel at the Council of Foreign Relations with Ted Koppel (Chair), Patti Stonesifer (Gates) and Senator Durbin to discuss “Are we…
Jun 20, 2003Diary13 words
Appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs show to discuss emerging and re- emerging diseases.
Jul 2, 2003Diary99 words
Attended White House ceremony for the announcement of Randall Tobias as the Coordinator of the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief. Randy…
Jul 8, 2003Diary94 words
Attended meeting in Situation Room of the White House chaired by Richard Falkenrath. Attending were Deputies of all of the relevant agencies, Carol…
Jul 9, 2003Diary480 words
Visited new AIDS Coordinator for the Plan (Randall Tobias) at the State Dept. and briefed him on how the President’s Plan came about and how I…
Aug 1, 2003Diary333 words
Briefing at the White House. Two parts to the briefing. Jorge Tavel and Heather Wingard of CIA briefed on threat assessments and I briefed on…
Sep 24, 2003Diary3 words
Power back finally.
Sep 25, 2003Diary547 words
White House meeting with Jay Lefkowitz, Gary Edson, Mark Dybul, Joe O’Neill, Carol Thompson to discuss the controversy regarding $2 Billion versus $3…
Sep 26, 2003Diary144 words
White House meeting on Bioshield with the usual suspects – Stewart Simonson, Jorge Tavel, Ken Bernard, Bill Winkenwerder, Larry Kerr, etc. We are…
Oct 7, 2003Diary144 words
Briefing in the Situation Room of the White House for Andy Card on the Craig Venter issue of synthesizing microbes. Also at the meeting were: Tommy…
Oct 13, 2003Diary175 words
Went to White House ceremony (President’s speech) and reception to commemorate Columbus Day. The President specifically greeted me in his remarks…
Oct 16, 2003Diary157 words
Had breakfast (at his invitation) with Jay Lefkowitz at the White House Mess to say goodbye. He is leaving as Director of Domestic Policy Council to…
Oct 17, 2003Diary79 words
Went to going away reception in Indian Treaty Room of EEOB at White House in honor of Jay Lefkowitz. Great time just talking to the White House crew…
Oct 24, 2003Diary177 words
Met with Sen. Barbara Mikulski to try to convince her not to support Rep. Chris Van Hollen’s attempt to block the construction of the biodefense…
Oct 25, 2003Diary47 words
Had biodefense strategizing meeting at Wye River Conference Center run by Richard Danzig. Discussed issues related to dealing with mass casualties…
Oct 27, 2003Diary254 words
Had a Policy Coordinating Committee for an “end-to-end” analysis of biodefense responsiveness at the White House EEOB. Meeting run by Ken Bernard and…
Oct 29, 2003Diary36 words
Met with Ray Gilmartin (CEO of Merck) and Adel Mahmoud (Merck) to discuss ways that Merck can collaborate with NIAID in AIDS and in biodefense. Great…
Nov 3, 2003Diary47 words
Carol Kuntz informed me that the Vice President wants me to brief him on what we are doing with Rad/Nucl research and countermeasures. This is tough…
Nov 5, 2003Diary47 words
Meet in my conference room with Israeli Ambassador to the USA – Daniel Ayalon to discuss potential for collaborations with Israel. We got along very…
Nov 6, 2003Diary15 words
Meeting at the EEOB (White House) to discuss how I will brief the VP on
Nov 7, 2003Diary68 words
Still sorting out the likely anthrax contaminant at the Anacostia Post office. Met in my office today with the South African activist who last year…
Nov 13, 2003Diary150 words
Met with the PCC (Policy Coordinating Committee) regarding the response to the Fink report. The PCC adopted for the most part the responses of the…
Nov 14, 2003Diary41 words
Continual conference calls regarding the ricin incident. It turns out that someone crushed some castor beans and stuck crude material into an…
Nov 20, 2003Diary60 words
VP wants me to take care of the Nucl/Rad countermeasure situation since he does not have confidence in the scattered others. Issue is that this is…
Nov 20, 2003Diary92 words
Went to West Wing of WH to brief VP Cheney on Nuclear and Radiological Threat Countermeasures. As I was crossing Pennsylvania Avenue to enter West…
Nov 25, 2003Diary162 words
Briefed the Vice President today with Scooter Libby, Stewart Simonson, Carol Kuntz and Jorge Tavel in attendence. I spoke about Nuclear/Radiological…
Nov 28, 2003Diary1,394 words
Significant Influenza A activity already with a variant strain (Fujian) that is not contained in current vaccine. This is quite early for heavy…
Dec 7, 2003Diary91 words
Major scandal at NIH with article in L.A. Times that shows that high NIH officials including Steve Katz, John Gallin and others have made hundreds of…
Dec 13, 2003Diary10 words
Saddam Hussein captured by US Army outside of Tikrit, Iraq!!
Dec 16, 2003Diary110 words
Went to dinner reception at the home of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder in honor of Dr. Khudair Abbas, Health…
Jan 21, 2004Diary454 words
Over the past month a number of issues have arisen. There have been 3- 4 cases of SARS in China. The Fujian strain of Influenza A escalated and now…
Feb 26, 2004Diary1,352 words
Leave for Iraq! Feb. 26 – Mar. 1, 2004 Feb. 26 – Left for Amman, Jordan – Iraq on a Gulf Stream air force aircraft from Andrews Air Force Base. Trip…
Feb 28, 2004Diary598 words
Visited the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman. Dr. Samir Khleif showed us around the modern facilities that have NIH-style telemedicine in real…
Feb 29, 2004Diary902 words
Last day in Iraq…mostly in the red zone. Some very exciting and somewhat scary moments with the convoy getting caught in traffic in another “ambush…
Mar 24, 2004Diary229 words
Had interesting and full day. Went to the National Defense University at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. to participate in the DHS exercise of a…
Apr 2, 2004Diary104 words
White House (Situation Room) - Had meeting today as a culmination of a series of PCC meetings related to preparedness against pandemic influenza. We…
Apr 5, 2004Diary223 words
White House (West Wing) – Met with Gary Edson. Attending were Carol Thompson, David Nelson and Gary’s assistant Martina Strong. Discussed the G-8…
Apr 6, 2004Diary207 words
White House (EEOB) – Met with Kristen Silverberg, Robin Cleveland, Randy Tobias, Mark Dybul, Alan Gilbert, Press person from WH (?name, a woman), Joe…
Apr 13, 2004Diary505 words
White House (West Wing) – 2 meetings. First regarding the issue of the HIV Vaccine Enterprise and whether we should make this an initiative for the…
Apr 14, 2004Diary365 words
White House meeting (EEOB 476) with Gary Edson, Rick Klausner, Rachel Ingram (Gates) and David Lane (Gates), Martina Strong, Carol Thompson to…
Apr 19, 2004Diary87 words
Extensive phone conversation with Josh Bolten (OMB Director), Jim Capretta and Tom Reilly (OMB) regarding the details of my proposal for the…
Apr 20, 2004Diary185 words
Had nice lunch with Jay Lefkowitz today at The Oval Room on Connecticut Avenue. Beautiful warm Spring day. Jay just wanted to catch up on things with…
Apr 21, 2004Diary517 words
Busy day! Beautiful sunny day.Testified at my House Appropriations Subcommittee (Chaired by Ralph Regula) in the AM , then rushed to brief Senate and…
Apr 23, 2004Diary121 words
Went to dinner over Dan and Marina Ein’s home on Kenmore Drive in NW Washington. Dinner was to bring together people in DC interested in bioterrorism…
Apr 28, 2004Diary151 words
White House (West Wing) – Met in Kristen Silverberg’s office to discuss the FDC issue (see above). Much discussion regarding our approach to FDCs in…
May 4, 2004Diary113 words
White House (West Wing) – Me with Gary Edson and Patti Stonecifer regarding the HIV Vaccine Enterprise and the upcoming G-8 meeting in Sea Island…
May 12, 2004Diary190 words
Big White House day! The President visited the NIH for a “No Child Left Behind – Read First” ceremony. It was held at NIH since the NICHD had some…
May 19, 2004Diary54 words
Good day! Project BioShield legislation passed the Semate by a 99-0 vote. The White House asked me to attend a press conference with Sens. Frist…
May 27, 2004Diary136 words
Went to a nice retirement celebration at the White House (Indian Treaty Room of EEOB) for Gen. John Gordon (Director of the Homeland Security…
Jun 2, 2004Diary61 words
Testified before the House Commerce Committee on Science chaired by Mr. Bilirakis for the NIH Priority Setting in anticipation of reauthorization of…
Jun 3, 2004Diary862 words
Busy day. Went to Ali’s Lower School Graduation and rushed to testify at House Select Committee on Homeland Security chaired by Chris Cox with Jim…
Jun 18, 2004Diary109 words
Attended a farewell party at the White House for Gary Edson. He is leaving NSC to work in the campaign. His main job will be to prepare the POTUS for…
Jul 9, 2004Diary2,011 words
2 meetings in West Wing. First was a top secret briefing of Fran Townsend, the new Director of the Homeland Sceurity Council. She replaced Gen. John…
Jul 19, 2004Diary93 words
Appeared on the Jim Lehr Newshour defending the USA position on PEPFAR. Steve Lewis from the UN was my “opponent” and we duked it out over the…
Jul 21, 2004Diary193 words
Two visits to WH today. The POTUS invited me to be at the signing ceremony for the BioShield Legislation in the Rose garden. I was asked to go up on…
Jul 22, 2004Diary51 words
Testified with Secretary Thompson and Julie Gerberding to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Public Health…
Jul 23, 2004Diary85 words
West Wing – Had individual photo op with VP Cheney together with the entire “team” that worked on BioShield. Many people there: Stewart Simonson…
Aug 11, 2004Diary208 words
Met at EEOB Room 283 with Carol Kuntz and Bruce Miller and Dorothy…. to discuss tentative plans to determine whether IL-4 gene inserted into…
Sep 1, 2004Diary94 words
Had a interesting day. Flew by helicopter from the Pentagon to Fort Detrick to visit USAMRIID with Deputy Secretary of DoD Paul Wolfowitz, Bill…
Sep 13, 2004Diary161 words
For the past few weeks, I have been involved in a number of briefings of Carol Kuntz and Stewart Simonson regarding Biodefense and the concern about…
Oct 4, 2004Diary100 words
Meeting in the Situation Room of the White House to brief Ken Rapuano (Deputy to Fran Townsend) on the IL-4 – monkeypox experiment that is being…
Oct 5, 2004Diary104 words
Historic day today with the UK regulatory agency suspending the license of Chiron to ship out their influenza vaccine to the USA because of issues…
Oct 6, 2004Diary28 words
Trip to Duke to honor retirment of Ralph Snyderman as Chancellor. White House conference call at the airport in Raleigh-Durham on way back regarding…
Oct 7, 2004Diary40 words
Trip to Duke to honor the retirement of Ralph Snyderman. Gave talk on Emerging Infectious Diseases. White House conference call on Influenza issue…
Oct 8, 2004Diary38 words
Big time Congressional Hearing on influenza vaccine problem before the House Government Reform Committee. I testified with Julie Gerberding and…
Oct 9, 2004Diary125 words
Front page story in the Washington Post saying that the UK regulatory authorities told our FDA about the problem at the end of August with the…
Oct 10, 2004Diary47 words
Things still hot and heavy with the Chiron/influenza situation. Had another White House conference call with Margaret Spellings, Alan Gilbert, Phil…
Oct 12, 2004Diary709 words
Important White House meeting at 1:00 PM in Roosevelt Room on the Flu situation. Chaired by Margaret Spellings and Harriet Miers. Also present were…
Oct 25, 2004Diary128 words
Went to LA to be Keynote Speaker at a USC conferenec on Multi-Sector involvement in research (Government, Industry, Academia). Afterwards I gave a…
Nov 12, 2004Diary115 words
Meeting in Roosevelt Room of WH to discuss the plans for influenza preparedness and for pandemic flu plans. Major points are what we have been…
Nov 17, 2004Diary110 words
House Hearing of Government Reform Committee on the flu crisis today. I testified together with Julie Gerberding and Lester Crawford (Acting FDA…
Nov 18, 2004Diary14 words
Hearing today before House Commerce and Energy Investigations. Together with Julie and Les Crawford.
Nov 19, 2004Diary164 words
I arranged a meeting among Medimmune (Flumist), the FDA, and Stewart Simonson to try to pursue ways to get broader approval and utilization of…
Nov 30, 2004Diary90 words
Memorial service hosted by me at Natcher Building at NIH for John La Montagne. I delivered Eulogy (see speeches file). I am only starting to come to…
Dec 3, 2004Diary760 words
Secretary Thompson resigns and asks me to come down to the Department as he makes his announcement. He brought me into his office alone and with both…
Dec 20, 2004Diary553 words
Terrible time over the past couple of weeks with a 4 part story by an AP reporter on the Jonathan Fishbein issue and the HIVNET 012 story. Fishbein…
Dec 20, 2004Diary1,584 words
to Jan. 14, 2005 – We have been occupied almost full time with doing damage control against the Dec. 13, 14, 15, 2004 AP articles by John Solomon. We…
Apr 4, 2005Diary407 words
Amazing day at White House today. Briefed the President on AIDS (domestic and International). Reason for briefing was preparation by the WH for the…
Apr 27, 2005Diary131 words
Briefed the President about the potential for an H5N1 pandemic influenza. At briefing were the POTUS, the VP, Karl Rove, Josh Bolten, Kristen…
May 12, 2005Diary817 words
Met today in Building 31, 7A-24 with the Ugandan Vice president Professor Gilbert Bukenya, who is former Dean at Makerere University in Kampala. We…
Jul 14, 2005Diary576 words
Lots of stuff going on. Had more Congressional Hearings. Today had Hearing on success or failure of Project BioShield. Testified before House…
Jul 25, 2005Diary76 words
Briefed Secretary Leavitt on briefing that I will give tomorrow to VP Cheney on Biodefense countermeasure development. Leavitt will accompany me to…
Jul 26, 2005Diary192 words
Briefed VP Cheney on Biodefense Countermeasure update for 1 hour. I was the primary and only briefer. Present were Sec. Leavitt, Scooter Libby, Carol…
Jul 27, 2005Diary112 words
Busy, Busy day. Briefed VP Cheney again for 1 hour, this time with Sec Leavitt on Pandemic Influenza. Also, present were Carol Kuntz, Julie…
Jul 28, 2005Diary196 words
Even busier day today. Spent 3 hours in White House Situation Room with Julie Gerberding, Carol Kuntz, Kristen Silverberg, Bruce Gellin, Michael…
Jul 29, 2005Diary251 words
Another amazing day. Spent a couple of hours together with Julie Gerberding and Bruce Gellin at DHHS again pre-briefing Sec. Leavitt for the visit…
Aug 7, 2005Diary128 words
Major Sunday news day with front page article in NY Times predominantly quoting me) regarding the successful preliminary data from the NIAID- funded…
Aug 17, 2005Diary354 words
Briefed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Dept. on the threat of Pandemic influenza. Also present were Sec/ Mike Leavitt, Rich…
Aug 29, 2005Diary87 words
Hurricane Katrina totally wrecked New Orleans, parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Levies caved in New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain poured…
Sep 2, 2005Diary84 words
Interesting situation. Congressman Henry Waxman might use an old document to help block the Bush nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court. See…
Sep 9, 2005Diary106 words
Briefed Pres. Bush today in the Roosevelt Room on update in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. This was in follow-up of our previous meeting on July…
Sep 14, 2005Diary47 words
Briefed Carol Kuntz today on the DHHS $7 to 9 billion supplemental budget request for FY2006 for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. She wanted my…
Sep 15, 2005Diary72 words
Accompanied Sec. Leavitt and Bruce Gellin and Julie Gerberding to brief 3 cabinet secretaries today on Pandemic Flu. Briefed Sec. of VA Jim…
Sep 19, 2005Diary29 words
Again, accompanied Sec. Leavitt, bruce Gellin, Julie Gerberding and Bill Raub to brief Sec of Agriculture Johanns and Admininstrator of USAID Andrew…
Sep 23, 2005Diary199 words
Had very interesting and enjoyable evening at a reception at the home of Mark and Nicole Wallace in honor of Kristin Silverberg in celebration of her…
Sep 28, 2005Diary144 words
Sec. Leavitt, Julie Gerberding, Bruce Gellin, General Gordon (CIA) and I briefed a groups of Senators on H5N1 influenza pandemic potential in a “top…
Sep 30, 2005Diary240 words
Appeared again (many times now) on the Lou Dobbs CNN Show to discuss bird flu. He obviously respects me very much. Of note, lately the DHHS people in…
Oct 6, 2005Diary254 words
A fever pitch is on about the Pandemic Influenza preparedness related to the heightened awareness of the potential, the fact that new cases were seen…
Oct 7, 2005Diary762 words
More media appearances, NBC, CNN, German TV, BBC, etc. Leavitt and I helped POTUS in the Roosevelt room talk with the CEOs regarding how we can…
Oct 8, 2005Diary2 words
Left IAD
Oct 9, 2005Diary258 words
Arrive Bangkok via Tokyo on commercial flight. Met by Ambassador Ralph (Skip) Boyce and Health Attaché Jordan Tappero. Skip was terrific and we hit…
Oct 11, 2005Diary153 words
Next day we toured a typical commercial poultry farm – Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL.. Much press. We all suited up with protective gear (booties, caps…
Oct 12, 2005Diary398 words
Series of meetings with officials. Met first with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It was clear that Cambodia was far less…
Oct 13, 2005Diary108 words
Spent day in Vientiane meeting with a variety of Ministers. Met with Minister of Public Health Dr. Ponemek Daraloy. He is a good person…
Oct 14, 2005Diary118 words
Met with Minister of Health Tran Thi Tring Chien. Then went to National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and met with its Director Dr. Nguyen…
Oct 15, 2005Diary99 words
Great experience. Visited the “wet markets” in Hanoi and got an great feel for the bustling nature of this vibrant city. Drove 2 hours 15 minutes to…
Oct 16, 2005Diary16 words
Flew to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. Stay at Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta.
Oct 17, 2005Diary119 words
Visited NAMRU-2. Was apparently a problem in that the Indonesian government was threatening to cut off dealings with NAMRU-2 because they thought…
Oct 18, 2005Diary5 words
Flew Tokyo to Dulles Airport.
Oct 19, 2005Diary237 words
“Intrigue” at the White House Upon return from SE Asia, we have just heard that the overall responsibility for Pandemic Influenza will be handed over…
Oct 19, 2005Diary162 words
Incredible evening. U2 gave a concert at the MCI Center in D.C. Bono arranged for premier tickets for Chris and me. We met with Bono in the…
Oct 20, 2005Diary47 words
Am wearing thn with exhaustion. No sooner did I return from SE Asia that I had to go to Chicago to receive the 2005 Scientist of the Year Award from…
Oct 21, 2005Diary222 words
Much press regarding trip and updating on pandemic flu. The whole world is getting exorcised. Chickens now infected in Russia, KazakstanChina…
Nov 1, 2005Diary397 words
POTUS came to NIH to unveil the National Flu Pandemic Plan. Beustiful Fall day with crystal clear skies and temperature around 65-70. I along with…
Nov 3, 2005Diary31 words
Top secret meeting at EEOB regarding conduct of certain experiments in the area of developing countermeasures. Cannot elaborate because of top secret…
Nov 4, 2005Diary107 words
Tesitified before the House Government reform Committee with Tom Davis Chairing. Same cast = MOL, me, Julie, Raub, Gellin. This was a tougher Hearing…
Nov 5, 2005Diary98 words
Met Senator Bill Frist at the St. Alban’s – St.Stephen’s/St Agnes football game (2:30 PM) at St. Albans field. Beautiful Fall afternoon. Temperature…
Nov 8, 2005Diary72 words
Testified before the House Commerce and Energy Committee (Joe Barton, Chair). MOL, Julie, me, Bill Raub. Topic = pandemic flu. Somewhat different…
Nov 9, 2005Diary247 words
Spirited Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Pandemic Flu. I testified along with Julie G., Andrew Natsios (USAID), and Paula…
Nov 10, 2005Diary139 words
Frenetic activity continues. Briefed together with Bill Raub and Julie G. (by phone) and Jerry Parker (Stewart Simonson’s Deputy at OEPHP) Secretary…
Nov 20, 2005Diary31 words
Press still hot and heavy. I appeared on “Meet the Press” with MOL, Julie Gerberding, and Mike Ryan (WHO) about bird flu. Many e-mails saying that I…
Nov 23, 2005Diary193 words
Press activity still very heavy. I appeared today on the Diane Rehm Show and CNN’s “The Situation Room”. Michael Osterholm sent me an e-mail saying…
Nov 25, 2005Diary536 words
HHS Flu Summit for States will take place on Dec. 5. Julie Gerberding and I are at collegial “odds” with the DHHS people (Laura Lawlor and John…
Dec 1, 2005Diary100 words
World AIDS day. I was invited by the White House to be a Principal at the POTUS Speech (EEOB 450). As with last year, the POTUS specifically…
Dec 2, 2005Diary208 words
Had pre-Table Top preparation at HHS with MOL, Julie Gerberding, Stewart Simonson, Bill Raub, Bruce Gellin, Jesse Goodman, Rich McKeon and the entire…
Dec 5, 2005Diary116 words
Big meeting (“Summit”) at the Grand Hyatt in DC to roll out the plan to visit all 50 states to talk up pandemic flu preparedness. Present were health…
Dec 6, 2005Diary115 words
Strange article (Profile of me) on the front page of the Wall Street Journal by Bernie Wysocki. It made it look like I have 100s of millions of…
Dec 16, 2005Diary359 words
Paradoxically, mostly favorable responses to the WSJ article. Most people interpreted it as indicating that I was a powerful player. Publicity dying…
Dec 31, 2005Diary82 words
Carol Kuntz took Chris, me and the girls on a private tour of the West Wing. It was terrific. I got an interesting new perspective of the place since…
Jan 4, 2006Diary216 words
Met with David Rubenstein, Founder and CEO of The Carlyle Group. He made me an amazing offer to join the firm as head of a Medical Venture Capital…
Feb 3, 2006Diary221 words
Attended Distinguished Lecture Series at Hilton Hotel with Chris. Lecture by Bono to a crowd of several thousand in the Hilton Ballroom. Bono spoke…
Mar 7, 2006Diary92 words
Gave laudatio remarks at a reception in the Dirksen (430) Building at 6:00 PM (beautiful crisp Winter day) in honor of Peter Piot who was celebrating…
Mar 8, 2006Diary46 words
Took quick trip to NYC to brief the NY Bureau of ABC News with David Westin (President) hosting me. Afterwards, rushed back to DC to do a…
Mar 12, 2006Diary115 words
Had tea at the Four Seasons with members of the Mothers to Mothers to be (M2M2B) an African Program founded by Dr. Mitchell Besser (Rich Besser’s…
Mar 13, 2006Diary92 words
Presentations at the White House (East Room) with Laura Bush and Randy Tobias followed by brunch in the State Dining Room. Mrs. Bush thanked me for…
Mar 21, 2006Diary153 words
First day of Spring 2006. Had phone conversation with Carol Kuntz today and she was concerned that there have been “policy time” briefings with the…
Apr 3, 2006Diary231 words
Over the past 2 weeks, there has been continued medium-high interest in the ever expanding bird flu situation with a constant low-level stream of new…
Apr 6, 2006Diary161 words
Had dinner with Tara O’Toole of the Univ of Pittsburg Biodefense Program. She had just testified at the BioShield Hearing on the Hill and wanted to…
Apr 8, 2006Diary90 words
Attended the Annual Gala of the National Hospice Foundation at the Hilton Hotel on Connecticut Avenue, N.W. where I presented the Global Vision Award…
May 2, 2006Diary36 words
Dedicated Building 33 as the C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Terrific ceremonies with speakers being: me, EZ…
May 24, 2006Diary201 words
Have had continual trickling in of cases of human infections with H5N1 with most recent count of 218 cases and 124 deaths. Fifty countries now have…
May 25, 2006Diary228 words
I have not been recording this type of thing of late even though I have gone to several of these, but I went tonight to the 18th Annual National…
Jun 20, 2006Diary86 words
Did a one hour face to face briefing of VP Cheny in his West Wing office on pandemic flu. Also present was Carl Kuntz, David Addington (new chief of…
Jul 26, 2006Diary149 words
Has been a busy few weeks with relatively mundane institute issues. Weather has been very hot - ~95+ degrees. Two days ago David Stout and Jean-Paul…
Jul 27, 2006Diary717 words
Went to NYC to participate in the Pandemic Flu Summit at City Hall. Part of Secretary Leavitt’s program of visiting every state and some additional…
Sep 3, 2006Diary188 words
Had a most interesting dinner over Ellen and Gerry Sigal’s house in DC. Guest were Sherry Lansing (Hollywood producer – “Fatal Attraction”, Black…
Sep 12, 2006Diary136 words
Went to farewell reception at the Atrium of the Equinox Restaurant in DC for Michael Gerson (former speechwriter and current Assistant to the…
Sep 13, 2006Diary152 words
I played a major role in the 90th Birthday Party for Dr. C. Everett (Chick) Koop at the Cosmos Club. I delivered remarks. The 2 MCs were Hilary…
Oct 10, 2006Diary136 words
Attended the swearing in ceremony for Mark Dybul as the U.S. AIDS Coordinator with the Rank of Ambassador at the State Department (Benjamin Franklin…
Oct 19, 2006Diary131 words
A lot of political maneuvering regarding the election of the next Director-General of WHO Kristen Silverberg (now at State as Assistant Secretary)…
Oct 20, 2006Diary116 words
Served on a Panel at the Annual meeting of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association held at the Chamber of Commerce. Subject was “Community…
Oct 21, 2006Diary51 words
Went to NIAF annual dinner at the Hilton Hotel with Chris. Usual celebrity show. Many friendly interactions with media (David Gregory of NBC; Sam…
Oct 22, 2006Diary136 words
Went to the Grand Opening of the House of Sweden (Swedish Embassy plus offices and art shows) on Georgetown Waterfront (right next to Sequoia…
Nov 28, 2006Diary116 words
Attended and spoke at the Aspen Symposium in DuPont Circle (DC). It was an unusual gathering of Iranian scientists meeting with various US officials…
Dec 2, 2006Diary650 words
Annual Christmas Party at Sam and Jan-Smith Donaldson’s House in McLean. Have been going to these parties for at least the past 10 – 15 years. The…
Dec 4, 2006Diary168 words
Things mostly quiet on the NIH front. Big problems in Iraq that are dominating the news with insurgency and civil war. Bush is having a very hard…
Dec 13, 2006Diary67 words
I hosted a press conference to announce the breakthrough study that was prematurely stopped by the DSMB. Study was the use of medically supervised…
Dec 14, 2006Diary242 words
Big White House Malaria Summit sponsored by Malaria No More and Introduced by Laura Bush with the POTUS giving Keynote Lecture. Held as ½ day meeting…
Jan 29, 2007Diary187 words
Iraq war going very badly with civil war among Shia and Sunnis and insurgency running wild. Bush popularity in USA way down. The war is dominating…
Feb 13, 2007Diary118 words
Had dinner with Rahm Emanuel (Democratic Caucus Head and brother of Zeke Emanuel), Christine Grady, Zeke Emmanuel, Mary Richardson and a Washington…
Feb 14, 2007Diary35 words
Briefed Bruce Miller (VP Cheney’s Chief of staff for biodefense) at the White House on AIDS, Pandemic Flu, Malaria, and biodefense in preparation for…
Mar 5, 2007Diary66 words
Went to great memorial for Art Buchwald at the Eisenhower Theater of the Kennedy Center at the invitation of Art’s son Joel and his wife Tamara. Many…
Mar 6, 2007Diary162 words
Busy day. Unfortunately, Scooter Libby was convicted today on 4 of 5 counts of lying to FBI and grand jury in association with the Joe Wilson/Valerie…
Mar 13, 2007Diary111 words
Briefed Vice President Cheney today in his WH office on second floor. Beautiful “pre-Spring” day with temps around 50 and sunny skies. He wanted…
Mar 16, 2007Diary111 words
Have been preparing for a briefing of the POTUS on pandemic flu preparedness. Interesting evolution of process. The HSC staff (Joel Bagnell and…
Mar 19, 2007Diary52 words
MOL, Bill Raub and I briefed the principals today in final preparation for the POTUS briefing. Present were Fran Townsend, Michael Chertoff, Joel…
Mar 20, 2007Diary94 words
Dinner at the Mellon Auditorium on Constitution Avenue, N.W. (13th Street) for Research! America. Usual DC Glitterati. At my table was Susan Dentzer…
Mar 21, 2007Diary163 words
Briefing of POTUS today at 2:30 – 3:30 PM in Roosevelt Room on Pandemic Flu preparedness. Secretary Leavitt, Bill Raub and I briefed him. I did most…
Mar 29, 2007Diary296 words
Very interesting day. First, Megan received notification that she is accepted at Columbia, Barnard, and Yale with waiting list at Harvard and…
Apr 17, 2007Diary90 words
Scooter Libby contacted me and asked that I write a letter to Judge Reggie Walton via Scooter’s lawyer William Jeffress to serve as a character…
Apr 18, 2007Diary129 words
Testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security together with Gerry Parker, Jesse Goodman (FDA) and Jeff Runge (DHS) on the successes and…
Apr 20, 2007Diary112 words
Briefed Joel Bagnell and Rajeev Venkayya at the WH on the rolling out of justification for classified research. Some friendly tension between Joel…
Apr 24, 2007Diary301 words
Had lunch with Scooter Libby today at the Daily Grill in the Bethesda Hyatt. Hot muggy and sunny day. Has been cold up until now. Scooter looked very…
Apr 25, 2007Diary825 words
Had a lunch/reception at the White House followed by a presentation by Laura Bush and President Bush in the Rose Garden to celebrate the first ever…
Apr 27, 2007Diary319 words
Went to the National Cathedral this AM to see Megan receive the honor as one of 12 NCS girls to be inducted into the “Cum Laude Society” . It was a…
May 7, 2007Diary289 words
Went to the British Embassy for a Garden Party in honor of the visit to the USA of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Everyone who is anyone in DC…
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