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March 24, 2014 -- Visited Bob Barnett at his office at Williams & Connelly at 725 -- 12% Street, N.W. to discuss my proposed memoirs. He said that I could not write it and publish it while still a government worker. Even if the General Counsel of HHS gave me permission, he would not recommend my doing it since the appearance would trigger my "enemies" to come after me. I am such a public figure, that I almost certainly have "enemies". What was disturbing in the conversation was that he felt that as important as Tam and as compelling is my story, "AIDS books do not sell; they depress people". He cited the Elton John book that he was involved in. Bob said sarcastically: "It sold 12 copies". He said I would have to find a "hook" for the book that would sell it. He also disappointed me by saying that if I wanted to write a book, right before I left the government, I should get myself on TV a lot so that people can be reminded of whom I am similar to the Anthrax days. He also said that I should not be writing the entire book before signing a deal. I should write a proposal and get and editor since publishers would not want to read an entire book. Apart from the Legal/ethical issues, which I will check out further, I disagreed with virtually everything that he said, but was very courteous and thanked him without disagreeing. He brought into the session, his associate -- Deneen Powell, an attractive, young African-American lawyer. I called up Rick Atkinson and told him about my visit with Bob and Rick suggested that I speak with Bill Shultz, General Counsel from HHS. Like me, Rick disagreed with everything he said in the editorial sphere. \nne Ginsberg and ' hours with me on to Was on WTOP for the NYC measles outbreak.
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March 25, 2014 - Appeared on Diane Rehm Show on WMAU with Anne Ginsberg and .... To discuss TB for World TB day.
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March 26, 2014 - Testified at the House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing with Francis Collins, Harold Varmus, Story Landis, Gary Gibbons. Chairman Kingston stayed for 10 minutes and then handed Chair to Dr. Andy Harris (R-MD). Harris questioned me on why we are spending so much money on AIDS given the decreased deaths compared to diabetes, CVD, cancer, etc. I explained that we are still in the middle of a pandemic. Appeared on Al Jazeera regarding Ebola in Guinea.
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March 27, 2014 - Dennis Kasper flew in from Boston to work for 2 hours with me on preparing me to present his NAS nomination. Met with Debbie Birx who is waiting for Senate Approval for head of PEPFAR (OGAC). To my dismay, the White House has not submitted her to the Senate for final approval. She has already had her hearing and did very well.
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Anthony S. Fauci
April 1, 2014 - Ebola still raging in Guinea. Appeared on BBC TV with Katty Kay to discuss as well as BBC radio to discuss pandemics and gave interview with SLATE Magazine on Antimicrobial Resistance
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April 2, 2014 - testified at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing in 192 Dirksen Building. Witnesses were Francis Collins, me, Harold Varmus, Gary Gibbons, Story Landis and Chris Austin. Chaired for last time (historic) by Sen. Tom Harken (DIO). I have been testifying before Sen. Harken for every one of the 25 years that he has been in the Senate as a member, Chair, or Ranking Minority of this committee. Present were Sen. Mikulski, Shelby (ranking minority of full committee), Moran (R-KS). It was a love fest for NIH, but there is not going to be any new money for NIH (~0.7% increase over 2014) because of budget constraints on discretionary spending.
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April 3, 2014 - Nice visit from Paul Huijts - Director General for Public Health in The Netherlands. He is very interested in antimicrobial resistance. We in USA and NIH are accelerating our efforts in this area due to increasing concern over this emerging problem.
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April 8, 2014 - Went to Princeton for the day to give "Public Lecture" at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Invited by Dean Cecilia Elena Rouse (formerly with Hillary Clinton). Met with students (lunch), chaperoned by Adel Mahmoud, gave lecture on pandemic influenza preparedness with many questions. Good visit. Ran into my old high school friend and college roommate - Lou LoBosco. S-CoV and Ebola er, whom I te swearing in ate Department. he aynes and
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April 9, 2014 - Larry Corey flew in from Seattle to see me. He is still dissatisfied with Mary Marovich - Vaccine person at DAIDS. He feels she cannot make a decision and shows no leadership.