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ding. Continue 1d cretary Sebelius. lace, Mar. 9, 2011 - Gave opening lecture at NTD Workshop at Natcher Building. Continue to stress Global Health. Mar. 15, 2011 - White House communications people at it again. Last week (Mar. 11, 2011) a terrible tragedy hit Japan with a 9.0 scale earthquake in the NE part of the country almost immediately followed by perhaps the worst tsunami in recorded history of Japan destroyed much of the NE Coast. Importantly, it knocked out the cooling system of the Fukushima Daiichi Atomic Power Plant leading to multiple explosions and meltdowns with radiation spillage and leakage. As of today (4 days later) the extent of the potential disaster is still not known, i.e. how much radiation exposure will occur. Thus, we (NIH and me personally) are getting the expected calls from the press regarding the medical aspects of acute radiation syndrome (ARS) - what it is and how you treat it. The White House is not granting any clearances for me or anyone at this point to talk to the Press. Amazing!! Same as with the Pandemic Flu early on. Mar. 21, 2011 - Was invited by the Bush family to a Kennedy Center event which was "The Points of Light Institute TRIBUTE - All together Now - A Celebration of Service". Bush 41 sent me a hand-written note thanking me for my meager $150.00 donation. At the event were Presidents George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Clinton gave an amazingly moving talk about his friendship and love of Bush 41. Entertainment was terrific: Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Cee Lo Green, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, among others. Brought back very fond memories of my interactions with Bush 41 as well as other Presidents during the past 30 plus years. Mar. 29, 2011 - Appeared on the Colbert Report. Great success! Had a great time and received hundreds of e-mails and calls and personal mention of how good the performance was. Reason for the appearance was the approaching 30th anniversary of first cases of AIDS. April 7, 2011 - Gave World Health Day remarks at PAHO for Secretary Sebelius. April 10, 2011 - Dinner at Mark Dybul and Jason Claire's home at 1340 Wallach Place, N.W. with Tom Sietsema (Washington Post Food Critic), Zeke Emanuel, Chris, etc. April 12, 2011 - Gave Solomon Berson Lecture at Mt. Sinai in NYC - "30 Years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey". Got prolonged standing ovation. Will be stressing this in coming weeks as we approach June, 2011 April 15, 2011 - Went to Charlottesville, VA to see Danny Hultzen pitch against Duke. He was great. 7 innings shutout.. ERA now 1.19. Sure thing for 1st Round MLB draft pick May 1, 2011 - Navy Seal Unit 6 kills Osama Bin Laden in a compound right next to a Pakistani Military base is Abbottabad. Big rift now between USA and Pakistan sine we believe they were either incompetent or knew all along where he was.