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FOX News. I was very well received by the audience that was filled with the elite of Global Health. President George W. Bush mostly presided over and attended the entire meeting. When he heard in a subsequent talk Michel Sidibe (UNAIDS) mention my name as the person who is pushing treatment as prevention, the POTUS turned around and said "Is Fauci here? I want to talk to Fauci". He had come in after my Panel. After his talk when he was leaving for the afternoon for the dinner (see below), Josh Bolten rushed my to him and he turned around, gave me a big hug and asked how I was doing. In typical fashion, he jokingly asked if I was still employed He gave a speech as did Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Brinker (Susan G. Kamen for the Cure), Michel Sidibe (where he mentioned me). That night we had a dinner at the home of Lea and Wayne Berman at 3055 Whitehaven Street, N.W. Very festive and met many of friends. Sat with Gary Edson and Lois Quam at dinner. Took picture with the POTUS and Laura and Nancy Brinker. As we were lining up for the photo, the GWB put his arm around me and I said that he looked so rested and relaxed that it was great to see him this way. He responded with a laugh: "So are you saying that I looked like shit when I was President?" Following day (09/14/11) Condi Rice gave a great speech and I had a nice chat with her afterwards. She praised me for continuing to do "such great work for our country and the world". All in all, a great 2 days. Sept. 22, 2011 --I received the C. Everett Koop AIDS Public Health Leadership Award at the Dirksen Senate Building. Presented to me by Chick Koop and Rep. Henry Waxman. Extraordinary ceremony that was a "Tribute to Dr. Fauci". I was somewhat embarrassed in that so many people said some many flattering things about me at the symposium (where I gave the Keynote) and at the reception thereafter held at the Capitol Visitors Center. Secretary Sebelius and Deputy Secretary Bill Corr came to the reception and praised me as did several IC Directors (Nora Volkow, Griff Rogers, Susan Shurin); also Jean-Francois Delfraissy (Head of INRS) flew in from Paris to honor me. Sept. 23, 2011 -- Took Amtrak to NYC for the Lasker Awards since the NIH Clinical Center won the Bloomberg-Lasker Public Service Award. I got caught in a downpour without any taxis in sight and so had to run to Penn Station in the rain (40 blocks) to catch the train back to DC. Sept. 24, 2011 -- Went to 95 Birthday Party for Chick Koop at the Koshland Museum of the NAS. I gave a laudation. Chick had insisted that I be there to give the laudation. Of note, I did the same thing at his 80, 85, and 90% birthdays. Sept. 30, 2011 -I appeared on The NewsHour that same night to discuss unplications of Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine to Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman for innate (TLR) and adaptive (Dendritic cells) immunity. Oct. 13, 2011 - Over the past week or so, I have been going back and forth with Gayle Smith (National Security Staff at White House), Lois Quam from State and Eric Goosby (PEPFAR) and Hillary Clinton's (HRC) speechwriter (Josh Daniels) to put a speech