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ill . Heis team varsity for cross-country and just this year (junior year) has taken up crew. She loves it and is a starter on the varsity 4 person lightweight boat. Thus far, they are 3 for 3 in meets; I saw a meet at the Georgetown Harbor today. April 20-28, 2003 - War is essentially over. Still no weapons of mass desctruction. Still doing an incredible amount of press. Did This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, 27th April. April 29, 2003 - Amazing day!!! Spoke at a Republican leadership lunch at the Senate together with VP Cheney. We were there to promote S-15 (the legislation for BioShield). I was extremely warmly received by the Senators with many complements from Sens. Frist, Hatch, Stevens. I presented my thing and then the VP got up and praised me for my leadership on Project BioShield and made a few comments on the threats. We (Ginger Loper and I) next took the WH limo to the WH for the President's ceremony on the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, aimed at drumming up support for the legislation for the plan's funding. The ceremony was supposed to be in the Rose Garden, but was moved to the East Room because of weather. The President was wonderful to me, specifically winking and saying "Hello Tony" as he was scanning the crowd. He then made the comment in his speech to the group that he wanted to specifically thank me for all of my work on behalf of mankind. After the ceremony, he specifically came down to greet people and put his arm around my shoulder and thanked me again for all that I have done. It was a terrific day. April 30-May 1, 2003 - Much effort on my part in working the Congress (briefing Senators and Congressmen and staff) in support of Project BioShield. Clearly the reluctance on the part of the Congress has to do with not wanting to give up the control of the "purse" to a mandatory and indefinite appropriations authority. May 2, 2003 - Did "Field Hearing" in Harrisburg, PA for Sen. Specter on SARS. He is running for re-election and clearly wanted to impress his constituents. It worked. May 3, 2003 - Great evening. I received the "Golden Plate Award" of the Academy of Achievement. It was a Gala affair at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. I was on a panel chaired by Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" during the day and had a black tie dinner in the evening. Other awardees were Jose Carreras (did not show), Hillary Clinton, Sen. Tom Daschle, Bob Dylan, author and Washington Post columnist Thomas Friedman, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Graham (CEO of Washington Post), Baroness Susan Greenfield, Dr. Robert Sanger, Leonard Lauder (CEO of Estee Lauder), Trent Lott, John McCain, Simon Peres, Franklin Raines, Justice Antonin Scalia, Robert Strauss, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Alvaro Uribe Velez, President of Columbia. The banquet was attended by all of the Glitterati including President Clinton who was the hit of the night, dancing away like crazy . It was a wonderful time with incredible entertainment including Patti Austen, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Chuck Berry who drove the house down.