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S at the National Press River. About 16 people. Nancy is the President /Director of the Susan G. Komen Institute named after her sister who died of breast cancer. Nancy is now interested in Global Health, particularly cancers (breast mostly) in women in developing countries. Interesting guests. I particularly liked speaking with Kathleen Parker, syndicated columnist and frequent Sunday News Show commentator and guest. Also, there were Pamela Stevens (former White House Press person) and other global health people. Nov. 14, 2009 - Presented my NIAID "update" to the Board of the AAAAI at the Hyatt Capitol Hill. Ali's NCS Cross Country Team wins the Maryland State Championship. Ali is one of the Senior Captains of the Varsity of which she is one of the starting 7. Nov. 15, 2009 - Amazing Sunday. Appeared on NBC Today Show in the AM, Fox News highlighted me as "Player of the Week" with a several minute segment. Did "The Forum" with Dean Sam Lloyd at the National Cathedral. Big success with big crowd. Consists of a "conversation" between Dean Lloyd and me about my life and work followed by questions from the audience. Also did CBS Evening News. Exhausted at end of day. Nov. 17, 2009 - Went to NYC to receive the Accordia Award for Public Service. This is the new version of the Infectious Diseases Institute started by merle Sande and funded by Pfizer. Mark Dybul, Julie Gerberding and others were there. Was in NYC anyway for the DDCF Board of Trustees meeting in the AM and went up to see Megan at Columbia for a couple of hours. It is always wonderful to see Megan and I always have a great time when I visit her. We had a nice lunch. Nov. 20, 2009 - Had dinner with Chris over Francis and Diane Collins's house with Regina Benjamin, the newly appointed Surgeon General. Pleasant, but I believe that she is going to be a non-entity. She is a bit over her head. The H1N1 pandemic is starting to die down with widespread disease going from 48 states to around 30 states. Much less press interest. A lot more vaccine now available. Nov. 23, 2009 - Went to NYC to give remarks at the Healthright international dinner at the Mandarin Hotel. My remarks were honoring Jonathan Mann. Gave a warm speech about him and his character. His daughter Naomi was there and was very touched by my presence and remarks. She admitted publicly in her remarks that everyone in the family (even when she was a young girl) knew who "Tony" was since Jon would often speak of me. She said that she realized that Jon and I sometimes disagreed but that her father always greatly respected me. Nice evening. After dinner I went up to Columbia to see Megan for an hour. As usual, it was great to see her. November 24, 2009 - Briefed the Foreign Press Core on AIDS at the National Press Club.