FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, October 16, 2003
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2003-10-16

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, October 16, 2003
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 82 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Had breakfast (at his invitation) with Jay Lefkowitz at the White House
Mess to say goodbye. He is leaving as Director of Domestic Policy Council to return to
his law firm in its NYC branch. He will likely return after 2 years for the President’s 2nd
term (if this occurs). We had a great conversation in which he mentioned how honored
he was to work with me on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the MTCT
plan and to a lesser extent on the stem cell issue. I sincerely told him that he was second
to none in people that I have worked with at the WH over the past 19 years. He asked my
help in making sure that the AIDS Plan does not get derailed by the mischief of USAID
in trying to lobby the legislation such that power is taken away from Randy Tobias and
he would not be given an independent account.