FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Tuesday, November 25, 2003
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2003-11-25

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DIARY ENTRY — Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 85 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Briefed the Vice President today with Scooter Libby, Stewart
Simonson, Carol Kuntz and Jorge Tavel in attendence. I spoke about
Nuclear/Radiological countermeasures and our need for a strategic plan and the need for
someone (us – DHHS/NIH) to take the lead in this since the effort is fragmented and
DoD has been neglecting this area since the end of the Cold War. I also gave him a
progress report on our microbial biodefense program. He loved both presentations and
related to Carol, (who told me) that the briefing was “very impressive, very impressive,
in fact great!” I am still having trouble with Zerhouni who is infuriated that the VP’s
people are “excluding him” from these briefings. In fact, they merely maintain that the
VP does not like crowds and he does not like the chain of command to be present on
briefings to him. Zerhouni cannot accept that. I am trying to explain this to Zerhouni,
but he is just plain angry.