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Sept. 3, 2006 - Had a most interesting dinner over Ellen and Gerry Sigal's house in DC. Guest were Sherry Lansing (Hollywood producer - "Fatal Attraction", Black Rain" and former actress) and her husband, Billy Friedken (Multiple Academy Award winning Producer, Director and Writer - "Exorcist", "The French Connection", etc. ) He is now producing (successfully) operas all over the world. Also there were Joe Wilson, the ambassador involved in the big Washington issue of the Administration "misleading" the American public about WMDs in Iraq and his wife Valerie Plame , the CIA secret agent that was "outted" by Robert Novack's column and for which Scooter Libby has been indicted for perjury. It was a most interesting discussion. Valerie and Joe seemed like very nice people despite being trashed by the Administration. Valerie insisted that she was still under cover despite the fact that it is reported that she had a desk job when she was outted. Joe, as he has said on TV multiple times, feels that the WH officials are all a "bunch of liars". Also present were Washington power-lawyer (Watergate, Whitewater, 9/11 Commission) Richard Ben-Veniste and his wife Donna.
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Sept. 12, 2006 - Went to farewell reception at the Atrium of the Equinox Restaurant in DC for Michael Gerson (former speechwriter and current Assistant to the President). Reception given by DATA (Bono's group) Saw old friends their such as Erin Chapman Thornton and Jamie Drummond from DATA. Mike is going to do a regular column for the Washington Post and Newsweek. Later in the evening went to an "Alliance for Aging Research" dinner and awards night at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown at the invitation of Allan Fox of FoxKiser Law Firm (old friend - formerly of Jacob Javits and Ted Kennedy staff). Dinner honored Sens. Orin Hatch and Evan Bayh. During Hatch's remarks, he specifically mentioned that he and I were dear friends and that I am one of the great heroes in medicine and public health.
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Sept. 13, 2006 - 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 Clinton and Orin Hatch. My friendship with Sen. Clinton grows as she continues to be very kind and warm towards me. I roasted Chick a bit, and the audience loved it (see my written remarks). tion of the next
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Sept 25-27, 2006 - Trip to San Francisco for International Assoc. of Physicians for AIDS Care (IAPAC) and ICAAC meetings and to speak at The Commonwealth Club. I gave talks on HIV/AIDS - the next 10 years (ICAAC); the decade of HAART (IAPAC) and emerging diseases (Commonwealth Club). The talks and the trip was a roaring success. Great weather, spent Sunday with Bob and Colleen Grady and Matthew and my family (minus Jenny in Brazil). Great hotel in SF - the "W" across the corner from the Mosconi Center
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Oct. 10, 2006 - 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 Room). Presiding was Secretary Condi Rice with Laura Bush present. I was given a "seat of honor" in the first row - sat next to Michael Gerson (former speech-writer for Pres. Bush). During her remarks, Condi specifically mentioned me - telling the story of how this all started (PEPFAR) years ago when the POTUS had his staff including Condi in the Oval Office and the POTUS was told by Tony Fauci, who is here with us today, that a lot of progress has been made in the treatment of HIV disease so that we could have a global impact. The day was a beautiful Fall day - bright sun and 75 F.
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Oct. 19, 2006 - A lot of political maneuvering regarding the election of the next Director-General of WHO Kristen Silverberg (now at State as Assistant Secretary) asked me about it at a dinner at Mark Dybul's house the day before his swearing in (see above). The 2 candidates that I prefer are either Margaret Chan (Hong Kong) or Julio Frenk (Minister of Health of Mexico). Shigeru Omi from Japan, Bernard Kouchner from France (MSF), and Pascoal Mocumbi (Mozambique) are also among the contenders. Christopher Murray from Harvard called me today to push for Julio Frenk since he feels that he is the one who understands best the connection between science and public health. He knows that the White House has been and will contact me for my opinion and so that is why he called.
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Oct. 20, 2006 - 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 Engagement and Preparedness" relating to terrorist and natural disaster threats. On panel with me was Lee Hamliton, former co-chair of the 9/11 Commission and Patricia McGinnis, President and CEO of the Council for Excellence in Government. Had nice conversation with Lee Hamilton who is the Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center in DC (he has been a friend for a few years). Lee has been asked by President Bush to join with James Baker to come up with some alternative approaches to settling the quagmire in Iraq, i.e. a mid-course correction.
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Oct. 21, 2006 - Went to NIAF annual dinner at the Hilton Hotel with Chris. Usual celebrity show. Many friendly interactions with media (David Gregory of NBC; Sam Donaldson of ABC; etc). Hilarious impersonation of George W. Bush by comedian. I received this award in 1994. Major awardee tonight was Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
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Oct. 22, 2006 - Went to the Grand Opening of the House of Sweden (Swedish Embassy plus offices and art shows) on Georgetown Waterfront (right next to Sequoia restaurant). King Carl Gustav and Queen Sofia were greeting everyone. Amazingly beautiful structure with views of the canal and the Potomac. Crisp Fall night with bright stars. Of note, Queen Sofia asked specifically to speak with me after the greeting line finished since she had been told of my work with HIV/AIDS. She is committed to helping Russia with its problem of HIV since she feels that the Russians would be more amenable to getting help from the Swedes than from the USA. She wanted to talk about how we (she and I ) could work together on this. Had good discussion with Kristen Silverberg about the problems the Administration is having.