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y the following: Tony, In confidence, this is the note Denis sent back to me when I sent him the link to the column. I thought you might be interested. Thanks, Michael. It is good to hear from you, and I look forward to reading your column (which I have not yet had the chance to do but will soon). I did think it was worth mentioning that the President had a good - if alarming - discussion with Dr. Frieden on Monday after Tom returned from the region where he went to get a candid view of how this is progressing. Tom was concerned with what he saw, and the President was concerned with the same. As a result, POTUS directed even more aggressive action than we have been taking so as to treat this like the national security challenge it is. Lisa, who is leading this effort, and John may have additional thoughts. But we feel this urgency - deeply. Thanks again for the note, Denis. Press - MSNBC with Ronan Farrow, Sept. 5, 2014 - Got note from Tait Sai saying that my interview in Newsweek where I said that the Epidemic was "completely out of control" was "10% too hyperbolic". Lots going on. USAID assigned Nancy Lindborg to run their shop. She is pretty good. Jim Kim is exercised that WHO is not doing enough. Tom Frieden says that the DoD is useless since they can never commit to anything. This is interesting since Cliff Lane thinks that they are the only ones that can control this with Command, Control and Communications. Jim Kim wants to engage me, Paul Farmer, Mark Dybul to see to the clinical care issue and incorporating clinical trials into the picture. Spoke with Tom Frieden today and Tom feels better those things are now moving with the $75 million that USAID is putting in. I believe that Tom was told to tone down the rhetoric about this outbreak being totally out of control and that is why he is saying that things are on track. This coincides with Tait telling me that I am 10% too hyperbolic Did boat-load of print media today. Sept. 7, 2014 - POTUS said on Meet the Press today the following: POTUS on Ebola on Meet the Press, 9/7/14: *Americans should not be concerned about prospects of contagion here in US, shortterm, because it is not airborne disease like the flu.