FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Friday, September 23, 2005
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2005-09-23

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DIARY ENTRY — Friday, September 23, 2005
Source: Diary Prequel, pp. 128–129 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Had very interesting and enjoyable evening at a reception at the home of
Mark and Nicole Wallace in honor of Kristin Silverberg in celebration of her
confirmation (a couple of months ago) as Assistant Secretary for International
organizations in DoS as well as her birthday. Present among many others were a number
of White House personnel such as Michael Gerson, Josh Bolten, Michael Allen, Randy
Tobias (DoS), etc. Interesting part of the evening were the in depth and intense
discussions that I had with Josh Bolten and Mike Gerson about the difficulties in funding
the POTUS’s planned programs over the next few years given the fact that Hurricane
Katrina will cost over $100 Billion and Hurricane Rita is still percolating in the Gulf of
Mexico. Important dilemmas – Do you let the deficit explode? Do you cut domestic
programs (difficult to do since the amount would be trivial compared to what is needed)?
Do you defund the war in Iraq (impossible)? Do you abandon all or (as I suggested) part
of the Tax Cut program? Very enjoyable and interesting evening. The Wallace’s live on

4434 – Hawthorne Street, which is 2 blocks from my house. Christine Grady
accompanied me.